Table 4 Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for underweight 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) | −0.043 | 0.019 | −0.001 | 1.8 | −0.072 | 0.025 | −0.002 | 5.96 |
 Education | −0.078 | 0.173 | −0.013 | 28.8 | −0.081 | 0.094 | −0.008 | 25.44 |
 Age at First Birth (years) | −0.067 | 0.045 | −0.003 | 6.4 | 0.004 | 0.023 | 0.000 | −0.34 |
 Parity | 0.041 | −0.091 | −0.004 | 7.9 | 0.064 | −0.075 | −0.005 | 16.29 |
 Anemia | 0.011 | −0.076 | −0.001 | 1.7 | 0.010 | −0.051 | −0.001 | 1.68 |
Socio-economic factors | ||||||||
 Caste | −0.048 | 0.026 | −0.001 | 2.7 | −0.059 | 0.025 | −0.001 | 5.04 |
 Religion | −0.030 | −0.003 | 0.000 | −0.2 | − 0.005 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
Child factors | ||||||||
 Age (months) | 0.079 | −0.005 | 0.000 | 0.8 | 0.059 | 0.001 | 0.000 | −0.25 |
 Sex | −0.017 | −0.004 | 0.000 | −0.2 | − 0.029 | −0.003 | 0.000 | −0.25 |
 Anemia | 0.033 | −0.064 | −0.002 | 4.5 | 0.025 | −0.058 | −0.001 | 4.87 |
 Diarrhea | 0.002 | −0.025 | 0.000 | 0.1 | 0.001 | −0.039 | 0.000 | 0.17 |
 Birth weight | 0.015 | 0.098 | 0.001 | −3.2 | 0.019 | −0.027 | −0.001 | 1.68 |
 Colostrum feeding | 0.003 | 0.079 | 0.000 | −0.5 | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.000 | −0.08 |
Environmental factors | ||||||||
 Source of drinking water | 0.038 | 0.013 | 0.000 | −1.0 | 0.033 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.17 |
 Defecation | −0.119 | 0.066 | −0.008 | 16.9 | −0.112 | 0.046 | −0.005 | 17.46 |
 Stool Disposal | 0.010 | −0.308 | −0.003 | 6.7 | 0.008 | −0.308 | −0.002 | 7.81 |
 Regions of India | 0.028 | 0.014 | 0.000 | −0.9 | − 0.006 | −0.002 | 0.000 | −0.08 |
Health seeking factors | ||||||||
 Skilled birth attendant | −0.001 | 0.141 | 0.000 | 0.3 | −0.026 | 0.042 | −0.001 | 3.61 |
 Place of delivery | −0.048 | 0.163 | −0.008 | 16.7 | −0.045 | 0.050 | −0.002 | 7.56 |
 Full Immunization | −0.018 | 0.146 | −0.003 | 5.6 | 0.002 | 0.046 | 0.000 | −0.34 |
 Full ANC | −0.006 | 0.360 | −0.002 | 5.0 | −0.005 | 0.208 | −0.001 | 3.61 |
Explained CI |  |  | −0.047 | 100.00 |  |  | −0.030 | 100.00 |
Actual CI |  |  | −0.213 |  |  |  | −0.162 |  |
Residual |  |  | −0.166 |  |  |  | −0.132 |  |