Table 3.

Descriptive statistics.

	Mean	95% CI	Missing values	Valid observations
Stunting	0.387	0.383, 0.391	21,001	2,13,628
Underweight	0.359	0.356, 0.363	21,001	2,13,628
Wasting	0.210	0.207, 0.213	21,001	2,13,628
Anemia	0.585	0.581, 0.589	34,559	2,00,070
Diarrhea	0.091	0.089, 0.093	525	2,34,104
Low birth weight	0.182	0.178, 0.185	63,374	1,82,492
Mortality	0.044	0.043, 0.045	0	2,45,866
Female	0.479	0.476, 0.482	0	2,34,629
Age (months)	30.180	30.08, 30.27	0	2,34,629
Siblings ever born	2.490	2.470, 2.500	0	2,34,629
Birth order	2.210	2.200, 2.220	0	2,34,629
Birth interval (months)1	38.000	37.76, 38.23	87,531	1,47,098
First born	0.376	0.373, 0.379	0	2,34,629
Mother's age at birth (years)	24.770	24.72, 24.81	0	2,34,629
Mother's education: none	0.302	0.297, 0.308	0	2,34,629
Mother's education: primary	0.139	0.136, 0.142	0	2,34,629
Mother's education: secondary	0.455	0.450, 0.460	0	2,34,629
Mother's education: higher	0.104	0.101, 0.107	0	2,34,629
Caste/tribe: schedule caste	0.223	0.218, 0.228	9,162	2,25,467
Caste/tribe: schedule tribe	0.110	0.106, 0.114	9,162	2,25,467
Caste/tribe: other backward class	0.456	0.449, 0.462	9,162	2,25,467
Caste/tribe: none of them	0.202	0.197, 0.207	9,162	2,25,467
Caste/tribe: don't know	0.009	0.008, 0.010	9,162	2,25,467
Wealth quintile: first	0.248	0.242, 0.253	0	2,34,629
Wealth quintile: second	0.222	0.218, 0.226	0	2,34,629
Wealth quintile: third	0.199	0.196, 0.203	0	2,34,629
Wealth quintile: fourth	0.181	0.177, 0.186	0	2,34,629
Wealth quintile: fifth	0.150	0.145, 0.154	0	2,34,629
Singleton birth	0.986	0.985, 0.987	0	2,34,629
First born twin/triplet etc.	0.007	0.007, 0.008	0	2,34,629
Later born twin/triplet etc.	0.007	0.006, 0.007	0	2,34,629
Delivered at home	0.208	0.203, 0.212	559	2,34,070
Received no vaccination	0.079	0.077, 0.082	0	2,34,629
Maternal height (z-score)	-2.020	-2.03, -2.01	3,030	2,31,599

Notes: Estimates were weighted and standard errors (SE) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were adjusted for clustering at the PSU-level. ¹Excludes firstborns and twins in this table.