Table 2 Distribution of predictors (x 1- x 7) across villages (V1-V5) and the resulting intra-cluster correlation of the predictor
From: Can the buck always be passed to the highest level of clustering?
| Â | Proportion of individuals positive | Intra-cluster correlation \(\hat {\rho }_{x}^{(vil)}\) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predictor | V1 | V2 | V3 | V4 | V5 | Â |
x 1,x 5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | –0.01 |
x 2,x 6 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.19 |
x 3,x 7 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.75 | 0.48 |
x 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |