Table 4 Percentage of children stunted and underweight by type of poverty and background characteristics in India, 2015–16
From: Malnutrition and poverty in India: does the use of public distribution system matter?
Socio demographic variables | Percentage of children stunted | Percentage of children underweight | Total Number of children) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | ||
Age in Month | |||||||||
  < 12 | 27.30 | 27.28 | 20.03 | 18.91 | 37.67 | 36.20 | 25.40 | 23.31 | 41,871 |
 12–24 | 53.91 | 54.42 | 42.12 | 36.04 | 50.18 | 47.24 | 34.24 | 27.56 | 48,967 |
  > 25 | 55.31 | 54.41 | 41.09 | 33.61 | 49.99 | 49.22 | 37.71 | 31.26 | 1,34,164 |
Birth Order | |||||||||
 1 | 46.43 | 45.80 | 33.24 | 27.75 | 45.70 | 44.31 | 31.63 | 25.89 | 83,046 |
 2–3 | 48.95 | 49.01 | 38.45 | 32.74 | 46.63 | 46.09 | 35.20 | 30.03 | 1,06,012 |
 4+ | 55.32 | 55.46 | 46.97 | 43.64 | 52.21 | 49.94 | 43.13 | 38.93 | 35,944 |
Size at Birth | |||||||||
 Very small | 64.04 | 60.24 | 50.16 | 46.39 | 64.28 | 59.68 | 51.66 | 47.71 | 6178 |
 Small | 56.20 | 54.05 | 43.29 | 38.02 | 55.62 | 53.87 | 42.93 | 37.49 | 20,046 |
 Average and above | 48.48 | 48.74 | 36.24 | 30.47 | 46.17 | 45.15 | 33.29 | 27.65 | 1,98,778 |
Sex | |||||||||
 Female | 49.22 | 49.16 | 35.97 | 31.05 | 47.11 | 46.43 | 33.31 | 28.71 | 1,16,360 |
 Male | 50.33 | 50.12 | 38.28 | 31.93 | 48.33 | 46.59 | 35.68 | 29.26 | 1,08,642 |
Mother Education | |||||||||
 No Education | 54.28 | 54.37 | 48.30 | 45.15 | 50.91 | 50.66 | 44.03 | 40.68 | 68,978 |
 Primary | 47.24 | 48.59 | 41.58 | 40.50 | 46.18 | 45.07 | 38.46 | 35.82 | 32,835 |
 Secondary | 42.15 | 42.06 | 33.58 | 29.60 | 42.04 | 40.44 | 31.49 | 27.97 | 1,02,191 |
 Higher | 34.01 | 36.62 | 22.69 | 20.08 | 40.26 | 29.60 | 21.85 | 17.92 | 20,998 |
Place of Residence | |||||||||
 Urban | 47.56 | 46.12 | 33.10 | 28.33 | 42.00 | 44.79 | 31.56 | 26.73 | 53,483 |
 Rural | 49.93 | 50.08 | 38.72 | 33.78 | 48.12 | 46.72 | 35.68 | 30.61 | 1,71,519 |
Caste | |||||||||
 Scheduled Caste | 51.94 | 50.96 | 40.08 | 35.65 | 48.68 | 47.21 | 36.95 | 31.89 | 42,540 |
 Scheduled Tribe | 48.79 | 48.72 | 39.88 | 35.32 | 51.44 | 50.14 | 38.60 | 35.94 | 44,440 |
 OBC | 50.42 | 50.22 | 37.89 | 32.70 | 46.77 | 45.80 | 35.40 | 29.99 | 88,803 |
 Others | 45.87 | 47.12 | 31.57 | 26.47 | 41.79 | 44.58 | 29.04 | 24.90 | 39,399 |
Religion | |||||||||
 Hindu | 50.11 | 49.48 | 37.22 | 31.04 | 48.62 | 46.83 | 34.91 | 28.98 | 1,63,089 |
 Muslim | 49.15 | 51.70 | 37.82 | 35.28 | 43.28 | 45.89 | 33.22 | 30.90 | 35,241 |
 Others | 42.92 | 45.08 | 33.19 | 26.36 | 40.58 | 42.74 | 32.84 | 23.68 | 26,672 |
BMI | |||||||||
 Underweight | 52.96 | 54.16 | 43.29 | 38.30 | 56.21 | 56.14 | 44.36 | 40.40 | 53,286 |
 Normal | 48.49 | 48.04 | 36.67 | 32.13 | 43.99 | 42.58 | 33.17 | 28.99 | 1,39,618 |
 Overweight | 41.59 | 41.77 | 29.24 | 24.00 | 31.71 | 33.64 | 24.13 | 19.30 | 31,530 |
Number of children in Household | |||||||||
 1 | 47.82 | 47.82 | 34.46 | 28.73 | 47.46 | 45.80 | 33.06 | 26.99 | 113,566 |
 2 | 51.70 | 51.31 | 38.90 | 34.37 | 48.06 | 47.19 | 35.27 | 31.27 | 86,872 |
 3 or more | 50.81 | 50.88 | 42.61 | 36.55 | 47.69 | 46.84 | 38.15 | 31.94 | 24,564 |