Table 5 Estimated results from the Spatial error model for stunting, underweight and wasted in districts of India, 2015–16
From: Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India
District level meso scale correlates | Stunting | Underweight | Wasted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | |
Percent women with below normal BMI | 0.23 (0.14,0.33) | 0.000 | 0.38 (0.29,0.48) | 0.000 | 0.11 (0.01,0.22) | 0.036 |
Poverty Head Count ratio | 0.07 (0.03,0.10) | 0.000 | 0.10 (0.06,0.13) | 0.000 | 0.08 (0.04,0.12) | 0.000 |
Percent women (10 or more years education) | −0.10 (−0.17,-0.03) | 0.003 | −0.06 (−0.13,0.02) | 0.123 | 0.02 (−0.06,0.09) | 0.668 |
Percentage of Institutional births | −0.13 (− 0.18,-0.08) | 0.000 | − 0.07 (− 0.12,− 0.02) | 0.004 | 0.00 (− 0.05,0.05) | 0.974 |
Percent children fully Immunized | 0.01 (− 0.03,0.05) | 0.567 | 0.05 (0.02,0.09) | 0.004 | 0.02 (− 0.02,0.07) | 0.224 |
Percent children breastfed & received adequate diet | -0.02 (−0.05,0.02) | 0.384 | −0.03 (− 0.07, 0.01) | 0.120 | − 0.02 (− 0.06, 0.02) | 0.224 |
Percent households with improved sanitation | − 0.06 (− 0.11, − 0.01) | 0.006 | −0.06 (− 0.11,-0.01) | 0.011 | −0.03 (− 0.08,0.02) | 0.287 |
Households with electricity (%) | −0.05 (− 0.11, 0.00) | 0.051 | −0.01 (− 0.07, 0.04) | 0.687 | 0.04 (− 0.02, 0.10) | 0.211 |
Lambda Value (Lag coefficient) | 0.6 | 0.000 | 0.75 | 0.000 | 0.62 | 0.000 |
AIC value | 3837 | 3845 | 3946 | |||
Pseudo R Square | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.45 | |||
No of districts | 640 | 640 | 640 | |||