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Table 2 Mean height for age z (HAZ), weight for age z (WAZ), and weight for height z (WHZ) scores among children under five years in urban India, 2005–06 and 2015–16

From: Inequality in child undernutrition among urban population in India: a decomposition analysis

Age (in Months)

2005–06

2015–16

Urban Poor

Urban Non-poor

Urban Poor

Urban Non-poor

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

0–5 months

 HAZ

100

−0.95

1.78

773

− 0.36

1.90

521

−0.86

1.91

2808

− 0.33

1.88

vWAZ

100

−1.54

1.63

773

−1.05

1.30

521

−1.49

1.32

2808

−1.18

1.31

 WHZ

100

− 1.11

1.75

773

−1.00

1.91

521

−1.09

1.79

2808

−1.25

1.84

5–10 months

 HAZ

127

−1.41

1.97

1153

−0.61

1.68

712

− 0.73

2.07

3784

−0.33

1.85

 WAZ

127

−2.06

1.43

1153

−1.08

1.28

712

−1.56

1.38

3784

−1.06

1.27

 WHZ

127

− 1.44

1.62

1153

−0.85

1.57

712

−1.34

1.57

3784

− 1.02

1.63

10–15 months

 HAZ

112

− 1.82

1.53

1105

−1.14

1.58

612

−1.51

1.89

3600

− 0.88

1.90

 WAZ

112

−1.91

1.26

1105

− 1.19

1.21

612

−1.71

1.30

3600

−1.10

1.26

 WHZ

112

−1.32

1.43

1105

−0.82

1.43

612

−1.22

1.49

3600

−0.84

1.52

15–20 months

 HAZ

157

−2.24

1.76

1172

−1.62

1.60

702

−1.74

1.83

3977

−1.27

1.72

 WAZ

157

− 2.04

1.30

1172

−1.27

1.24

702

−1.75

1.22

3977

−1.18

1.22

 WHZ

157

−1.30

1.47

1172

−0.68

1.32

702

−1.24

1.30

3977

−0.78

1.41

20–25 months

 HAZ

100

−2.76

1.52

1133

−1.76

1.56

656

−2.15

1.63

3771

−1.42

1.73

 WAZ

100

−2.19

1.39

1133

−1.47

1.17

656

−2.01

1.16

3771

−1.28

1.29

 WHZ

100

−1.10

1.49

1133

−0.81

1.22

656

−1.27

1.23

3771

−0.79

1.41

25–30 months

 HAZ

138

−2.33

1.61

1227

−1.61

1.54

667

−1.94

1.68

3819

−1.07

1.74

 WAZ

138

−2.05

1.10

1227

−1.38

1.18

667

−1.88

1.17

3819

−1.23

1.21

 WHZ

138

−1.10

1.10

1227

−0.73

1.21

667

−1.17

1.29

3819

−0.94

1.28

30–35 months

 HAZ

134

−2.61

1.81

1196

−1.72

1.61

697

−1.92

1.48

3877

−1.38

1.52

 WAZ

134

−2.25

1.22

1196

−1.49

1.23

697

−1.82

1.14

3877

−1.34

1.19

 WHZ

134

−1.10

1.20

1196

−0.77

1.29

697

−1.07

1.21

3877

−0.85

1.29

35–40 months

 HAZ

133

−2.52

1.61

1227

−1.66

1.64

710

−1.97

1.49

3900

−1.28

1.53

 WAZ

133

−2.13

1.00

1227

−1.53

1.27

710

−1.91

1.08

3900

−1.37

1.20

 WHZ

133

−0.98

1.02

1227

−0.86

1.24

739

−1.14

1.33

3900

−0.95

1.34

40–45 months

 HAZ

134

−2.46

1.56

1219

−1.70

1.50

739

−1.91

1.54

4041

−1.23

1.46

 WAZ

134

−2.01

1.35

1219

−1.50

1.11

739

−1.89

1.16

4041

−1.28

1.21

 WHZ

134

−0.83

1.47

1219

−0.75

1.18

710

−1.13

1.28

4041

−0.85

1.32

45–50 months

 HAZ

131

−2.48

1.68

1098

−1.85

1.63

749

−1.93

1.42

3976

−1.31

1.45

 WAZ

131

−2.10

1.47

1098

−1.69

1.20

749

−1.98

1.06

3976

−1.39

1.14

 WHZ

131

−0.90

1.50

1098

−0.87

1.25

749

−1.24

1.19

3976

−0.92

1.33

50–55 months

 HAZ

145

−2.62

1.20

1238

−1.46

1.39

718

−1.91

1.34

3883

−1.28

1.35

 WAZ

145

−2.22

1.06

1238

−1.39

1.17

718

−1.83

1.09

3883

−1.35

1.21

 WHZ

145

−0.95

1.26

1238

−0.78

1.27

718

−1.03

1.18

3883

−0.89

1.39

55–60 months

 HAZ

137

−2.51

1.29

1152

−1.59

1.36

734

−2.08

1.20

3830

−1.34

1.26

 WAZ

137

−2.18

1.02

1152

−1.54

1.16

734

−1.98

0.95

3830

−1.43

1.14

 WHZ

137

−0.99

1.21

1152

−0.88

1.19

734

−1.09

1.15

3830

−0.96

1.37