Wealth related inequality in women and children malnutrition in the state of Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu

Table 6 Change in wealth related absolute inequality (SII) in undernutrition and anaemia among children (under 5) between 2005 and 06 and 2015–16

SII	India	India	Change in absolute inequality **	CG	CG	Change in absolute inequality **	TN	TN	Change in absolute inequality **
Child nutrition indicators	NFHS-3 (2005–06)*	NFHS-4 (2015–16)*	Change in absolute inequality **	NFHS-3 (2005–06)*	NFHS-4 (2015–16)*	Change in absolute inequality **	NFHS-3 (2005–06)*	NFHS-4 (2015–16)*	Change in absolute inequality **
Stunting	−0.40	− 0.338	− 0.062	− 0.288	− 0.235	− 0.053	− 0.304	− 0.192	− 0.112
Severe stunting	− 0.31	− 0.223	− 0.087	− 0.276	− 0.172	− 0.104	−0.159	− 0.060	− 0.099
Wasting	− 0.143	−0.099	− 0.044	− 0.128	− 0.139	0.011	− 0.158	− 0.035	− 0.193
severe wasting	− 0.052	− 0.040	− 0.012	− 0.172	− 0.072	− 0.100	− 0.097	− 0.005	− 0.092
Underweight	−0.423	− 0.339	− 0.084	−0.393	− 0.289	−0.104	− 0.318	−0.200	− 0.118
severe underweight	−.232	−0.164	− 0.068	−.22	− 0.15	− 0.07	−0.09	− 0.05	−0.04
Anaemia	−0.26	−0.12	− 0.14	−0.21	− 0.14	−0.07	− 0.17	−0.11	− 0.06
Mild anaemia	−0.04	− 0.033	−0.367	0.003	−0.06	0.063	−0.016	− 0.03	0.024
Moderate anaemia	−0.21	−0.096	− 0.114	−0.22	− 0.07	−0.15	− 0.12	−0.08	− 0.04
Severe anaemia	−0.02	0.0002	−0.200	0.002	0.001	−0.001	−0.04	− 0.003	−0.037

Source: Authors’ estimates based on unit level data of NFHS-3 and NFHS-4
*estimated at 95% CI and p-value< 0.05
**Note: ‘(−) negative sign’ signifies reduction in SII values from 2005 to 06 to 2015–16

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