Table 5 Unconditional Re-centred Influence Function (RIF) quantile regression results for NFHS 3 (2005-06) and NFHS 4 (2015-16) in Bihar
| NFHS 3 | NFHS 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | |
| Age of Child |
−0.021 (0.038) |
− 0.100*** (0.024) |
− 0.148*** (0.022) |
− 0.153*** (0.032) |
− 0.215*** (0.040) |
−0.095*** (0.025) |
− 0.106*** (0.020) |
− 0.171*** (0.020) |
− 0.197*** (.030) |
− 0.124*** (0.037) |
| Age2 |
−0.001 (0.001) |
0.001* (0.0007) |
0.002*** (0.0006) |
0.002** (.0008) |
0.004*** (0.001) |
0.002*** (0.0007) |
0.002*** (0.0006) |
0.003*** (0.0005) |
0.004*** (0.0008) |
0.002** (0.0009) |
| Female |
0.172 (0.183) |
−0.02 (0.126) |
0.024 (0.114) |
0.139 (0.150) |
0.177 (0.172) |
0.355*** (0.127) |
0.237** (0.103) |
0.167* (0.100) |
0.065 (0.140) |
0.193 (0.174) |
| Birth Size | ||||||||||
| Normal | ||||||||||
| Average and above |
0.064 (0.209) |
0.037 (0.147) |
0.089 (0.132) |
0.276 (0.175) |
−0.007 (0.193) |
0.109 (0.150) |
0.142 (0.163) |
0.189 (0.135) |
0.237 (0.201) |
0.226 (0.259) |
| Small |
−0.227 (0.248) |
−0.102 (0.166) |
− 0.187 (0.149) |
− 0.109 (0.195) |
− 0.106 (0.222) |
− 0.256 (0.218) |
− 0.245 (0.106) |
−0.203 (0.149) |
0.166 (0.215) |
0.432 (0.307) |
| Early Breastfeeding (yes) |
0.538 (0.484) |
0.715** (0.336) |
0.326 (0.371) |
0.449 (.434) |
0.102 (0.484) |
0.105 (0.127) |
−0.017 (0.041) |
0.049 (0.104) |
0.038 (0.147) |
0.047 (0.186) |
| No. of Siblings |
−0.112** (0.055) |
−0.075** (0.035) |
− 0.052* (0.031) |
−0.013 (.041) |
0.012 (0.047) |
−0.117** (0.054) |
− 0.039 (0.106) |
0.025 (0.038) |
− 0.018 (0.051) |
−0.036 (0.071) |
| Benefitted ICDS services (yes) |
−0.187 (0.388) |
− 0.150 (0.251) |
0.156 (0.205) |
0.158 (.275) |
0.362 (0.362) |
−0.069 (0.128) |
−0.245** (0.106) |
− 0.259** (0.107) |
− 0.183 (0.150) |
− 0.619*** (0.199) |
| Mother’s Characteristics | ||||||||||
| Institutional Delivery |
− 0.206 (0.261) |
−0.224 (0.171) |
− 0.085 (.1490) |
− 0.016 (.204) |
− 0.235 (0.230) |
0.090 (0.148) |
0.224* (0.122) |
−0.098 (0.114) |
− 0.235 (0.168) |
− 0.041 (0.210) |
| Age of mother at first birth |
− 0.022 (0.035) |
− 0.009 (0.024) |
0.009 (0.021) |
− 0.017 (.029) |
0.004 (0.035) |
0.000 (0.019) |
0.000 (0.017) |
0.005 (0.016) |
0.009 (0.021) |
0.066** (0.028) |
| BMI of mother |
0.001* (0.0004) |
0.001*** (0.0002) |
0.001*** (0.0002) |
0.001*** (.0003) |
0.001*** (0.0003) |
0.001*** (0.0002) |
0.000*** (0.000) |
0.001*** (0.0001) |
0.000 (0.0002) |
0.000 (0.0003) |
| Mother’s anaemia | ||||||||||
| Yes |
−0.275 (0.205) |
−0.292** (0.143) |
− 0.120 (0.130) |
− 0.171 (.170) |
−0.088 (0.196) |
− 0.200 (0.130) |
0.007 (0.109) |
0.118 (0.106) |
−0.047 (0.146) |
− 0.027 (0.178) |
| Mother’s height |
0.004** (0.001) |
0.006*** (0.001) |
0.005*** (0.001) |
0.005*** (.001) |
0.008*** (0.001) |
0.006*** (0.001) |
0.004*** (0.001) |
0.006*** (0.001) |
0.006*** (0.001) |
0.005*** (0.001) |
| Mother’s Education |
0.017 (0.028) |
0.019 (0.019) |
0.025 (0.019) |
0.045 (.028) |
0.014 (0.033) |
0.025 (0.015) |
0.014 (0.013) |
0.015 (0.013) |
−0.033* (0.018) |
0.001 (0.024) |
| Working mother |
0.283 (0.281) |
0.199 (0.183) |
−0.125 (0.152) |
− 0.084 (.196) |
0.38* (0.206) |
−0.241 (0.198) |
− 0.316* (0.162) |
− 0.051 (0.159) |
− 0.210 (0.233) |
0.231 (0.253) |
| Empowerment |
− 0.097 (0.067) |
− 0.073 (0.048) |
0.011 (0.046) |
0.059 (.061) |
0.011 (0.070) |
0.003 (0.047) |
0.007 (0.109) |
0.036 (0.037) |
0.037 (0.053) |
0.081 (0.064) |
| media exposure |
0.090 (0.215) |
0.148 (0.147) |
0.131 (0.131) |
−0.037 (.167) |
−0.162 (0.176) |
− 0.033 (0.043) |
−0.019 (0.034) |
− 0.005 (0.033) |
0.034 (0.046) |
0.001 (0.060) |
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Hindu | ||||||||||
| Muslim/Others |
0.187 (0.245) |
−0.015 (0.170) |
0.108 (0.157) |
0.286 (.216) |
−0.290 (0.209) |
0.035 (0.162) |
−0.099 (0.145) |
−0.118 (0.141) |
− 0.407** (0.193) |
−0.409 (0.253) |
| Caste | ||||||||||
| SC | ||||||||||
| ST |
1.489*** (0.494) |
0.427 (0.898) |
0.149 (0.707) |
−0.094 (1.048) |
−0.429 (0.411) |
0.249 (0.170) |
0.023 (0.130) |
0.087 (0.120) |
−0.065 (0.174) |
−0.029 (0.221) |
| Others |
0.069 (0.275) |
0.259 (0.186) |
0.319** (0.160) |
0.529*** (.179) |
0.309* (0.181) |
0.305 (0.212) |
0.146 (0.183) |
0.369** (0.182) |
0.160 (0.258) |
−0.041 (0.329) |
| Wealth index |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000** (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
| Place of residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||||
| Rural |
0.207 (0.197) |
0.023 (0.136) |
0.006 (0.138) |
0.265 (.1940) |
0.085 (0.224) |
−0.177 (0.194) |
− 0.089 (0.170) |
− 0.132 (0.170) |
− 0.173 (0.250) |
0.101 (0.297) |
| Constant |
−9.868*** (3.174) |
−12.311*** (1.948) |
−9.598*** (1.762) |
−9.526*** (2.390) |
−11.783*** (2.836) |
− 12.537*** (2.092) |
−8.243*** (1.664) |
− 9.426*** (1.656) |
−7.241*** (1.983) |
−6.973*** (2.338) |
| R square | 0.090 | 0.171 | 0.209 | 0.176 | 0.124 | 0.061 | 0.094 | 0.177 | 0.115 | 0.062 |
| Adj. R square | 0.072 | 0.155 | 0.193 | 0.159 | 0.107 | 0.049 | 0.083 | 0.167 | 0.104 | 0.050 |