Table 2 Differences in the percentage of ADDI among children aged 6–23 months by their background characteristics in India

Mother's characteristic

 Mother's age (in years)

  15–24

13.4

18.9

5.6

 < 0.001

  25–34

15.7

21.9

6.2

0.035

  35 + 

10.2

20.0

9.9

0.007

Mother's educational status

  Not educated

7.8

14.7

6.9

 < 0.001

  Primary

14.8

17.4

2.6

0.045

  Secondary

19.6

22.7

3.1

0.633

  Higher

32.2

28.0

-4.2

< 0.001

Media exposure

  Exposed

7.8

14.0

6.2

< 0.001

  Not exposed

17.1

22.7

5.6

0.004

Child characteristic

 Child's age (in months)

  6–11

5.2

9.6

4.4

< 0.001

  12–17

16.5

23.4

7.0

< 0.001

  18–23

21.0

28.6

7.6

0.036

 Sex

  Male

14.4

20.3

5.9

0.002

  Female

13.9

20.6

6.7

< 0.001

 Birth order

  1

16.4

20.4

4.1

0.231

  2

16.3

22.9

6.6

0.031

  3 + 

11.0

17.6

6.6

< 0.001

Household characteristics

 Wealth quintile

  Poorest

7.1

15.2

8.1

< 0.001

  Poorer

11.1

18.2

7.1

< 0.001

  Middle

13.7

20.9

7.2

< 0.001

  Richer

18.5

25.4

6.9

< 0.001

  Richest

25.3

25.5

0.2

< 0.001

 Religion

  Hindu

13.9

19.7

5.8

< 0.001

  Muslim

14.2

22.5

8.3

< 0.001

  Christian

23.2

31.6

8.4

< 0.001

  Others

13.7

20.7

7.0

0.032

 Caste

  Scheduled Caste

12.4

19.5

7.2

0.004

  Scheduled Tribe

9.3

19.2

9.9

< 0.001

  Other Backward Class

13.1

19.9

6.8

0.011

  Others

18.4

22.8

4.4

0.038

 Place of residence

  Urban

20.0

25.7

5.7

< 0.001

  Rural

12.2

18.4

6.2

< 0.001

 Regions

  North

14.3

16.2

1.9

0.201

  Central

28.5

12.1

-16.4

< 0.001

  East

25.5

22.2

-3.3

0.135

  North East

16.3

29.2

12.9

< 0.001

  West

9.1

18.3

9.2

< 0.001

  South

13.1

32.8

19.7

< 0.001

 Total

14.2

20.4

6.2

< 0.001