Table 3.

Correlation between the 13 variables considered in PCA.

State	IMR	Stunted	Under weigh	Vaccination Measles	Contraception use	Early child bearing	Antenatal visits	Home delivery	Postnatal newborn	Early education	Litercy young women	Use of improved water	Improved sanitation
IMR	1,000	,452	,487	-,555	-,643	,250	-,294	,617	-,565	-,513	-,562	-,394	-,637
Stunted	,452	1,000	,875	-,461	-,796	,622	-,622	,720	-,806	-,776	-,754	-,542	-,732
Underweight	,487	,875	1,000	-,473	-,719	,414	-,662	,696	-,759	-,726	-,713	-,379	-,753
Vaccination Measles	-,555	-,461	-,473	1,000	,643	-,326	,411	-,591	,554	,482	,475	,497	,565
contraception use	-,643	-,796	-,719	,643	1,000	-,457	,692	-,889	,919	,841	,844	,503	,840
Early childbearing	,250	,622	,414	-,326	-,457	1,000	-,311	,518	-,461	-,603	-,559	-,404	-,442
antenatal visits	-,294	-,622	-,662	,411	,692	-,311	1,000	-,711	,788	,730	,648	,288	,706
home delivery	-,617	,720	,696	-,591	-,889	,518	-,711	1,000	-,941	-,913	-,920	-,389	-,938
Postnatal new born	-,565	-,806	-,759	,554	,919	-,461	,788	-,941	1,000	,874	,908	,412	,879
Early education	-,513	-,776	-,726	,482	,841	-,603	,730	-,913	,874	1,000	,873	,303	,889
Literacy young women-,	-562	-,754	-,713	,475	,844	-,559	,648	-,920	,908	,873	1,000	,348	,851
use of improved water-,	-,394	-,542	-,379	,497	,503	-,404	,288	-,389	,412	,303	,348	1,000	,476
Improved sanitation	-,637	-,732	-,753	,565	,840	-,442	,706	-,938	,879	,889	,851	,476	1,000