Table 2.

H, A and MCPI Status across population subgroups in India among 0–4 Years Children

	NFHS-4, 2015–16							NFHS-5, 2019–21
	Pop Share	H		A		MCPI		Pop Share	H		A		MCPI
	%	%	s.e	%	s.e	est	s.e	%	%	s.e	%	s.e	est	s.e
India		46.6	0.003	51.7	0.001	0.241	0.002		27.4	0.002	46.2	0.001	0.126	0.001
Place of residence
Urban	0.276	18.3	0.003	46.9	0.002	0.086	0.001	0.261	9.6	0.002	43.9	0.002	0.042	0.001
Rural	0.724	57.4	0.002	52.3	0.001	0.3	0.001	0.739	33.6	0.002	46.4	0.001	0.156	0.001
Castes
Others	0.237	31.2	0.003	49	0.001	0.153	0.002	0.235	17.7	0.003	44.6	0.001	0.079	0.001
SC	0.221	52.5	0.004	51.7	0.001	0.272	0.002	0.238	32.4	0.003	46.5	0.001	0.151	0.001
ST	0.104	69.2	0.004	54.7	0.001	0.379	0.002	0.105	45.2	0.004	47.9	0.001	0.217	0.002
OBC	0.437	46.5	0.002	51.6	0.001	0.24	0.001	0.423	25.5	0.002	45.9	0.001	0.117	0.001
Religions
Hindu	0.783	46.9	0.002	51.7	0.001	0.242	0.001	0.791	27.3	0.002	46.3	0.001	0.126	0.001
Muslim	0.168	50	0.004	52.1	0.001	0.261	0.002	0.163	30.1	0.004	45.8	0.001	0.138	0.002
Christian	0.021	33.6	0.009	50.1	0.003	0.168	0.004	0.022	21.9	0.006	47.3	0.003	0.104	0.003
Others	0.028	26.6	0.008	50.3	0.004	0.134	0.004	0.023	16.5	0.006	47.2	0.004	0.078	0.003
Regions
North	13.4	34.9	0.003	51.3	0.001	0.179	0.002	13.6	17	0.002	44.3	0.001	0.075	0.001
West	12	27.2	0.005	46.9	0.002	0.127	0.002	12.5	16.5	0.004	45.1	0.002	0.074	0.002
Central	27.3	61.5	0.002	52.8	0.001	0.325	0.001	27.3	34.2	0.003	45.8	0.001	0.157	0.001
East	26.3	63.6	0.003	53.3	0.001	0.339	0.002	26.3	41.9	0.003	47.6	0.001	0.199	0.002
North-east	3.7	49.1	0.004	49.5	0.001	0.243	0.002	4	31.5	0.004	45.6	0.002	0.144	0.002
South	17.3	19.2	0.003	45	0.002	0.087	0.002	16.4	8.6	0.002	43.4	0.002	0.037	0.001

Source: Author's calculation based on NFHS 2015–16 & 2019–21