Table 3 Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for stunting among urban children under five years in India, 2005–06 & 2015–16
From: Inequality in child undernutrition among urban population in India: a decomposition analysis
|  | NFHS 2005–06 | NFHS 2015–16 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Elasticity | CI | Absolute contribution to CI | Percentage Contribution | Elasticity | CI | Absolute contribution to CI | Percentage Contribution |
Mother factors | ||||||||
 Age (years) | −0.061 | 0.019 | − 0.001 | 2.3 | − 0.067 | 0.025 | −0.002 | 5.5 |
 Education | −0.055 | 0.173 | −0.010 | 19.1 | −0.086 | 0.094 | −0.008 | 26.6 |
 Age at First Birth (years) | −0.110 | 0.045 | −0.005 | 9.9 | 0.019 | 0.023 | 0.000 | −1.5 |
 Parity | 0.081 | −0.091 | − 0.007 | 14.8 | 0.076 | −0.075 | − 0.006 | 19.0 |
 Anemia | −0.007 | −0.076 | 0.001 | −1.1 | 0.015 | −0.051 | − 0.001 | 2.6 |
Socio-economic factors | ||||||||
 Caste | −0.083 | 0.026 | −0.002 | 4.4 | −0.071 | 0.025 | −0.002 | 5.9 |
 Religion | −0.008 | − 0.003 | 0.000 | −0.1 | 0.003 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
Child factors | ||||||||
 Age (months) | 0.094 | − 0.005 | 0.000 | 0.9 | 0.023 | 0.001 | 0.000 | −0.1 |
 Sex | −0.030 | − 0.004 | 0.000 | −0.3 | − 0.026 | −0.003 | 0.000 | − 0.3 |
 Anemia | 0.065 | −0.064 | −0.004 | 8.4 | 0.040 | − 0.058 | −0.002 | 7.7 |
 Diarrhea | 0.001 | −0.025 | 0.000 | 0.1 | 0.000 | −0.039 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
 Birth weight | 0.011 | 0.098 | 0.001 | −2.2 | 0.012 | − 0.027 | 0.000 | 1.1 |
 Colostrum feeding | 0.001 | 0.079 | 0.000 | −0.2 | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.000 | − 0.1 |
Environmental factors | ||||||||
 Source of drinking water | 0.035 | 0.013 | 0.000 | −0.9 | 0.010 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.1 |
 Defecation | − 0.085 | 0.066 | −0.006 | 11.4 | −0.094 | 0.046 | −0.004 | 14.3 |
 Stool Disposal | 0.007 | −0.308 | −0.002 | 4.1 | 0.009 | − 0.308 | −0.003 | 8.9 |
 Regions of India | 0.045 | 0.014 | 0.001 | −1.3 | −0.026 | −0.002 | 0.000 | −0.2 |
Health seeking factors | ||||||||
 Skilled birth attendant | 0.000 | 0.141 | 0.000 | −0.1 | −0.032 | 0.042 | −0.001 | 4.5 |
 Place of delivery | −0.070 | 0.163 | −0.011 | 22.8 | −0.029 | 0.050 | −0.001 | 4.9 |
 Full Immunization | −0.016 | 0.146 | −0.002 | 4.6 | 0.023 | 0.046 | 0.001 | −3.5 |
 Full ANC | −0.004 | 0.360 | −0.001 | 3.2 | −0.007 | 0.208 | −0.001 | 4.5 |
Explained CI |  |  | −0.050 | 100 |  |  | −0.030 | 100.00 |
Actual CI |  |  | −0.186 |  |  |  | −0.156 |  |
Residual |  |  | −0.136 |  |  |  | −0.126 |  |