Table 1. Differences in selected background characteristics among children across the poor and non-poor in urban India, 2005–06.

Variables	Poor	Non-poor	Total
Children of small size at birth	21.4	17.3	18.9
Mother educated with primary and above	48.4	87.0	71.6
Fathers educated with primary and above	66.8	94.6	83.6
Mothers age at birth <20 years	21.8	13.2	16.6
Mother exposed to media	75.5	96.3	88.1
Mother currently working	23.1	14.4	17.9
Mothers with thin BMI	37.8	21.8	28.2
Full immunization	42.6	66.3	57.4
Antenatal care checkups	41.6	75.4	63.1
Institutional delivery	46.6	81.5	67.6