Table 2 Bivariate association for children who did not receive VAS and IS among children aged 6–59 months by background characteristics in India, 2005–06 and 2015–16

Age of the child

6–23 months

79.1

40.0

39.1 (0.001)

95.0

74.2

20.8 (0.001)

24–59 months

88.5

43.1

45.4 (0.001)

95.5

73.9

21.6 (0.001)

Sex of the child

Male

85.5

42.1

43.4 (0.001)

95.0

73.8

21.2 (0.001)

Female

85.5

42.2

43.3 (0.001)

95.6

74.1

21.5 (0.001)

Mother’s education

No education

89.4

50.6

38.8 (0.001)

97.4

79.1

18.3 (0.001)

Primary

84.9

44.8

40.1 (0.001)

95.5

75.5

20.0 (0.001)

Secondary

80.5

37.3

43.2 (0.001)

93.1

71.0

22.1 (0.001)

Higher

80.6

35.3

45.3 (0.001)

88.6

69.7

18.9 (0.001)

Birth order

1st order

83.4

40.7

42.7 (0.001)

94.9

73.3

21.6 (0.001)

2–3 order

90.2

46.0

44.2 (0.001)

96.3

75.5

20.8 (0.001)

4–6 order

91.6

60.7

30.9 (0.001)

98.8

83.5

15.3 (0.001)

Currently breastfeeding

No

87.4

41.9

45.5 (0.001)

94.1

72.5

21.6 (0.001)

Yes

84.6

42.3

42.3 (0.001)

96.0

74.8

21.2 (0.001)

Wealth index

Poor

87.5

46.7

40.8 (0.001)

97.2

77.4

19.8 (0.001)

Middle

84.6

40.2

44.4 (0.001)

95.7

72.6

23.1 (0.001)

Rich

83.2

37.0

46.2 (0.001)

92.5

69.9

22.6 (0.001)

Caste

SC/ST

85.6

41.9

43.7 (0.001)

95.3

73.2

22.1 (0.001)

Non SC/ST

84.0

42.4

41.6 (0.001)

95.8

74.6

21.2 (0.001)

Religion

Hindu

85.5

41.2

44.3 (0.001)

95.3

73.6

21.7 (0.001)

Muslim

85.6

47.9

37.7 (0.001)

96.1

76.8

19.3 (0.001)

Others

85.1

35.4

49.7 (0.001)

93.7

68.2

25.5 (0.001)

Place of residence

Urban

84.5

39.2

45.3 (0.001)

93.0

70.9

22.1 (0.001)

Rural

85.9

43.3

42.6 (0.001)

96.2

75.2

21.0 (0.001)

EAG and non-EAG States

EAG and Assam

78.0

50.3

27.7 (0.001)

91.8

80.7

11.1 (0.001)

Non-EAG

87.1

32.5

54.6 (0.001)

96.1

65.9

30.2 (0.001)