Table 4 Result of regression analysis (OLS) showing the adjusted coefficients of the correlates for stunting, underweight and wasted in India, 2015–16
From: Spatial heterogeneity and correlates of child malnutrition in districts of India
District level meso scale correlates | Stunting | Underweight | Wasted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | Coef. (95% CI) | p-value | |
Percent women with below normal BMI | 0.30 (0.21,0.39) | 0.000 | 0.72 (0.62,0.81) | 0.000 | 0.39 (0.30,0.49) | 0.000 |
Poverty Head Count ratio | 0.07 (0.04,0.11) | 0.000 | 0.10 (0.06,0.14) | 0.000 | 0.07 (0.03, 0.11) | 0.001 |
Percent women (10 or more years education) | −0.05 (−0.11,0.00) | 0.062 | 0.00 (−0.05,0.06) | 0.885 | 0.04 (−0.02, 0.10) | 0.213 |
Percentage of institutional births | −0.09 (− 0.13,-0.05) | 0.000 | − 0.01 (− 0.06,0.03) | 0.523 | 0.02 (− 0.02, 0.06) | 0.368 |
Percent children fully Immunized | − 0.02 (− 0.05,0.01) | 0.230 | 0.03 (0.00, 0.07) | 0.058 | 0.01 (− 0.02, 0.05) | 0.561 |
Children breastfed & received adequate diet | −0.18 (− 0.25,-0.11) | 0.000 | − 0.23 (− 0.31, − 0.16) | 0.000 | −0.08 (− 0.15, 0.00) | 0.057 |
Households with improved sanitation (%) | −0.05 (− 0.08,-0.01) | 0.019 | −0.08 (− 0.12,-0.04) | 0.000 | −0.03 (− 0.07, 0.01) | 0.132 |
Households with electricity (%) | −0.13 (− 0.18,-0.08) | 0.000 | 0.01 (− 0.04,0.06) | 0.623 | 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) | 0.000 |
R2 Value | 0.63 | 0.69 | 0.27 | |||
No of districts | 640 | 640 | 640 | |||