Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of households by welfare card and asset poor in India, 2015–16
From: Malnutrition and poverty in India: does the use of public distribution system matter?
Variables | Real Poor (Asset deprived and have welfare card) | Excluded Poor (Asset deprived and do not have welfare card | Privileged Non-Poor (Asset non-deprived and have welfare card | Non-Poor (Asset non-deprived and do not have welfare card | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean age of head of household | 43.35 | 38.64 | 46.42 | 45.63 | 44.34 |
Mean household size | 6.20 | 5.60 | 6.51 | 6.18 | 6.15 |
Mean number of children in household | 1.56 | 1.59 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.50 |
Percentage of households living in urban areas | 6.32 | 10.50 | 28.20 | 42.84 | 28.73 |
Percentage of households had a stunted child | 56.88 | 56.95 | 42.86 | 35.89 | 44.06 |
Percentage of households had an underweight child | 54.76 | 53.46 | 40.11 | 33.28 | 41.35 |