Table 3 Moran’s I Statistics showing the spatial dependence for stunting, underweight and wasted and its correlates in the districts of India, 2015–16
From: Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India
Meso scale variables (district level percentages) | Stunting | Underweight | Wasted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bivariate LISA | Z value | Bivariate LISA | Z value | Bivariate LISA | Z value | |
Women whose BMI is below 18.5Â kg/m2 | 0.52 | 23.77 | 0.66 | 29.38 | 0.42 | 20.79 |
Poverty Head Count ratio | 0.46 | 20.89 | 0.45 | 20.12 | 0.19 | 9.73 |
women with 10 or more years schooling | −0.47 | −23.19 | −0.430 | −21.07 | −0.18 | −9.43 |
Institutional births | − 0.30 | −14.28 | − 0.10 | −4.84 | 0.01 | 5.38 |
Children fully Immunized | −0.27 | −13.43 | − 0.14 | −7.00 | 0.00 | − 0.04 |
Children breastfed & received adequate diet | −0.31 | −16.26 | − 0.28 | −14.67 | − 0.06 | −3.35 |
Households with improved sanitation | − 0.52 | −25.06 | − 0.55 | −25.32 | −0.26 | − 14.03 |
Households with electricity | −0.51 | −24.36 | − 0.38 | −17.60 | − 0.02 | − 1.21 |