Odds ratios for all-cause mortality associated with fixed parameters, along with the Deviance Information Criterion, Japan, 2005.

<p>CI; credible interval, OR; odds ratio.</p>a<p>We entered age and occupation as level-1 fixed parameters, by allowing the intercept to vary.</p>b<p>We entered age and occupation as level-1 fixed parameters. Instead of allowing the intercept to vary, we entered 6 level-2 error terms corresponding to the 6 aggregated occupational groups (i.e., I. clerical, technical and managerial occupations, II. sales and service occupations, III. agriculture, forestry and fishery occupations, IV. production and transport occupations, V. unclassifiable occupations, and VI. non-employed).</p>c<p>Non-employed includes the unemployed as well as the non-labor force.