Table 5 Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for wasting 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) | −0.008 | 0.019 | 0.000 | 1.3 | −0.004 | 0.025 | 0.000 | 1.4 |
 Education | −0.023 | 0.173 | −0.004 | 33.4 | −0.009 | 0.094 | −0.001 | 11.8 |
 Age at First Birth (years) | 0.006 | 0.045 | 0.000 | −2.1 | −0.004 | 0.023 | 0.000 | 1.4 |
 Parity | 0.013 | −0.091 | −0.001 | 9.9 | 0.006 | −0.075 | 0.000 | 6.6 |
 Anemia | 0.003 | −0.076 | 0.000 | 1.9 | 0.002 | −0.051 | 0.000 | 1.0 |
Socio-economic factors | ||||||||
 Caste | −0.034 | 0.026 | −0.001 | 7.6 | −0.009 | 0.025 | 0.000 | 3.1 |
 Religion | −0.004 | −0.003 | 0.000 | 0.0 | −0.010 | −0.002 | 0.000 | −0.4 |
Child factors | ||||||||
 Age (months) | −0.068 | −0.005 | 0.000 | −2.5 | −0.056 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.7 |
 Sex | −0.027 | −0.004 | 0.000 | −1.1 | −0.023 | − 0.003 | 0.000 | − 0.7 |
 Anemia | −0.006 | − 0.064 | 0.000 | −3.0 | − 0.008 | −0.058 | 0.000 | −6.6 |
 Diarrhea | 0.003 | −0.025 | 0.000 | 0.4 | 0.001 | −0.039 | 0.000 | 0.7 |
 Birth weight | 0.007 | 0.098 | 0.001 | −5.9 | 0.010 | −0.027 | 0.000 | 3.5 |
 Colostrum feeding | 0.004 | 0.079 | 0.000 | −2.8 | 0.004 | 0.009 | 0.000 | −0.7 |
Environmental factors | ||||||||
 Source of drinking water | 0.023 | 0.013 | 0.000 | −2.3 | 0.031 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.7 |
 Defecation | −0.066 | 0.066 | −0.004 | 36.8 | −0.072 | 0.046 | −0.003 | 46.9 |
 Stool Disposal | 0.002 | −0.308 | −0.001 | 3.8 | 0.002 | −0.308 | −0.001 | 8.0 |
 Regions of India | 0.006 | 0.014 | 0.000 | −0.6 | 0.017 | −0.002 | 0.000 | 0.4 |
Health seeking factors | ||||||||
 Skilled birth attendant | 0.011 | 0.141 | 0.002 | −12.7 | −0.001 | 0.042 | 0.000 | 0.4 |
 Place of delivery | −0.004 | 0.163 | −0.001 | 5.3 | −0.006 | 0.050 | 0.000 | 3.8 |
 Full Immunization | −0.022 | 0.146 | −0.003 | 26.4 | −0.025 | 0.046 | −0.001 | 16.0 |
 Full ANC | −0.002 | 0.360 | −0.001 | 6.1 | −0.001 | 0.208 | 0.000 | 2.1 |
Explained CI |  |  | −0.012 | 100.00 |  |  | −0.007 | 100.00 |
Actual CI |  |  | −0.116 |  |  |  | −0.045 |  |
Residual |  |  | −0.104 |  |  |  | −0.038 |  |