Table 4 Unconditional Re-centred Influence Function (RIF) quantile regression results for NFHS 1 (1992-93) and NFHS 2 (1998-99) in Bihar
| NFHS 1 | NFHS 2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | |
| Age of Child |
−0.073*** (0.006) |
−0.103*** (0.0078) |
− 0.171*** (0.006) |
− 0.173*** (0.007) |
− 0.086*** (0.012) |
0.025 (0.062) |
− 0.104* (0.055) |
− 0.237*** (0.060) |
− 0.303*** (0.085) |
− 0.419** (0.195) |
| Age2 |
0.001*** (0.0002) |
0.001*** (0.0002) |
0.003*** (0.0002) |
0.003*** (0.0002) |
0.001*** (0.0003) |
−0.003 (0.002) |
0.000 (0.002) |
0.004** (0.002) |
0.006*** (0.002) |
0.010* (0.005) |
| Female |
0.234*** (0.035) |
0.306*** (0.040) |
0.344*** (0.032) |
0.367*** (0.034) |
0.578*** (0.054) |
0.442 (0.289) |
0.625** (0.305) |
1.089*** (0.348) |
0.412 (0.422) |
0.480 (0.842) |
| Birth Size | ||||||||||
| Normal | ||||||||||
| Average and above |
0.054 (0.054) |
−0.102 (0.065) |
0.077 (0.050) |
0.485*** (0.060) |
0.332*** (0.095) |
0.218 (0.404) |
0.580 (0.500) |
0.833* (0.451) |
0.944 (0.652) |
2.332 (1.472) |
| Small |
−0.185*** (0.049) |
− 0.003 (0.054) |
0.066 (0.044) |
0.002 (0.047) |
0.088 0.074) |
−0.505 (0.518) |
0.416 (0.404) |
0.476 (0.465) |
1.127* (0.642) |
−0.291 (1.111) |
| Early Breastfeeding (Yes) |
0.820*** (0.035) |
1.063*** (0.095) |
0.447*** (0.127) |
0.422*** (0.142) |
−0.242 (0.192) |
−1.281 (0.927) |
−1.137 (0.787) |
−0.117 (0.783) |
− 0.064 (1.228) |
−2.467** (1.091) |
| No. of Siblings |
−0.003 (0.010) |
0.007 (0.012) |
−0.017* (0.009) |
− 0.013 (0.010) |
0.036** (0.016) |
− 0.089 (0.126) |
− 0.014 (0.095) |
0.109 (0.100) |
0.146 (0.116) |
0.158 (0.211) |
| Mother’s Characteristics | ||||||||||
| Institutional Delivery (yes) |
0.398*** (0.054) |
0.888*** (0.066) |
0.398*** (0.061) |
0.135** (0.065) |
−0.192** (0.094) |
0.472 (0.579) |
1.680*** (0.611) |
2.231** (0.956) |
1.943 (1.298) |
4.823 (3.050) |
| Age of mother at first birth |
−0.021*** (0.005) |
0.005 (0.007) |
−0.004 (0.006) |
0.020*** (0.007) |
0.051*** (0.011) |
0.061 (0.063) |
0.018 (0.063) |
0.045 (0.063) |
0.000 (0.072) |
−0.006 (0.159) |
| BMI of mother |
0.000 (0.0004) |
0.000 (0.0004) |
0.001*** (0.0003) |
0.001 (0.0008) |
0.003 (0.002) | |||||
| Mother’s anaemia | ||||||||||
| Yes | – | – | – | – | – |
0.258 (0.368) |
−0.274 (0.373) |
− 0.998*** (0.384) |
−1.256*** (0.469) |
−2.049** (0.903) |
| Mother’s height |
0.006** (0.003) |
0.003 (0.003) |
0.005* (0.003) |
0.006* (0.004) |
−0.003 (0.008) | |||||
| Mother’s Education |
0.019*** (0.005) |
0.003 (0.007) |
0.025*** (0.006) |
0.030*** (0.007) |
0.025** (0.010) |
−0.003 (0.084) |
−0.047 (0.097) |
− 0.100 (0.089) |
−0.187** (0.075) |
− 0.213 (0.201) |
| Working mother |
−0.228*** (0.048) |
− 0.551*** (0.054) |
− 0.371*** (0.040) |
− 0.240*** (0.041) |
−0.357*** (0.062) |
− 1.16** (0.568) |
− 1.52*** (0.553) |
− 0.868 (1.089) |
−0.331 (1.132) |
0.354 (3.189) |
| Empowerment |
−0.096 (0.141) |
0.019 (0.128) |
−0.252** (0.103) |
−0.193 (0.129) |
− 0.316 (0.239) | |||||
| Media exposure |
−0.016 (0.030) |
0.011 (0.033) |
0.157*** (0.028) |
0.172*** (0.034) |
0.241*** (0.053) |
0.020 (0.281) |
−0.247 (0.484) |
−0.341 (0.440) |
− 0.394 (0.458) |
−1.629* (0.927) |
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Hindu | ||||||||||
| Muslim/Others |
−0.115*** (0.045) |
−0.141*** (0.052) |
− 0.073* (0.042) |
−0.115*** (0.043) |
0.075 (0.068) |
−0.468 (0.585) |
0.481 (0.501) |
0.912 (0.619) |
0.802 (0.765) |
2.375 (1.774) |
| Caste | ||||||||||
| SC | ||||||||||
| ST |
0.480*** (0.085) |
1.018*** (0.098) |
0.360*** (0.077) |
0.179** (0.082) |
−0.435*** (0.138) |
0.126 (1.215) |
−1.027 (0.831) |
−0.097 (0.830) |
0.325 (1.132) |
0.369 (2.086) |
| Others |
0.355*** (0.070) |
0.765*** (0.077) |
0.168*** (0.057) |
−0.095 (0.063) |
−0.533*** (0.138) |
0.030 (0.361) |
−0.637* (0.353) |
− 0.100 (0.371) |
−0.249 (0.447) |
0.407 (0.871) |
| Wealth index |
−0.004 (0.018) |
0.137*** (0.020) |
0.086*** (0.017) |
0.053*** (0.018) |
0.193*** (0.030) |
−0.028 (0.210) |
−0.192 (0.199) |
− 0.053 (0.189) |
−0.008 (0.241) |
− 0.086 (0.475) |
| Place of residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||||
| Rural |
0.241*** (0.061) |
0.523*** (0.068) |
0.027 (0.055) |
−0.282*** (0.065) |
−0.131 (0.099) |
−1.262* (0.723) |
0.304 0.984) |
1.695* (0.923) |
0.144 (1.139) |
−1.302 (2.430) |
| Constant |
−4.321*** (0.145) |
−3.87*** (0.166) |
−1.037*** (0.138) |
0.336** (0.162) |
0.426 (0.278) |
−11.677*** (4.289) |
−6.495 (4.362) |
−12.044*** (4.633) |
− 10.286* (5.978) |
2.286 (12.925) |
| R square | 0.0423 | 0.0938 | 0.1361 | 0.1318 | 0.0456 | 0.211 | 0.247 | 0.3207 | 0.2267 | 0.174 |
| Adj. R square | 0.0414 | 0.0929 | 0.1352 | 0.131 | 0.0446 | 0.127 | 0.167 | 0.2482 | 0.1443 | 0.0859 |