Table 2.
Prevalence of anthropometric failure by background characteristics, India, 2015-16
| Background Characteristics | No failure | Only wasting | Wasting and underweight | Wasting, stunting and underweight | Stunting and underweight | Only stunting | Only underweight | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 51.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 14.1 | 12.1 | 2.5 | 49,023 |
| Urban | 41.5 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 20.4 | 14.0 | 2.6 | 1,56,457 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||
| Poorest | 31.1 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 27.2 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 54,325 |
| Poor | 39.0 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 21.8 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 47,990 |
| Middle | 46.2 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 2.7 | 40,982 |
| Richer | 53.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 2.5 | 34,279 |
| Richest | 61.0 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 10.8 | 2.0 | 27,904 |
| Mother's education | ||||||||
| No education | 32.9 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 26.7 | 15.0 | 2.6 | 64,297 |
| Primary | 39.9 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 21.5 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 30,077 |
| Secondary | 49.2 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 2.6 | 92,467 |
| Higher | 62.1 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 18,639 |
| Caste | ||||||||
| Scheduled Caste | 40.5 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 21.0 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 40,356 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 35.8 | 6.3 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 21.6 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 43,267 |
| OBC | 44.3 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 2.6 | 83,373 |
| Others | 52.2 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 14.2 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 38,484 |
| Birth order | ||||||||
| First | 48.9 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 2.6 | 73,865 |
| Second | 45.5 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 2.7 | 63,748 |
| Third | 40.1 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 21.3 | 14.4 | 2.5 | 33,647 |
| Fourth and more | 33.8 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 26.4 | 14.9 | 2.4 | 34,220 |
| Sex of the child | ||||||||
| Male | 43.9 | 5.9 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 18.2 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 1,06,385 |
| Female | 44.5 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 19.1 | 13.4 | 2.8 | 99,095 |
| Place of delivery | ||||||||
| Home | 35.6 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 25.2 | 14.6 | 2.8 | 50,808 |
| Institutional | 46.5 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 16.9 | 13.2 | 2.5 | 1,54,672 |
| Child’s age | ||||||||
| Less than 1 year | 49.3 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 3.9 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 36,990 |
| Between 1 and 2 | 41.7 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 1.7 | 41,147 |
| Between 2 and 3 | 42.3 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 21.2 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 41,288 |
| Between 3 and 4 | 43.2 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 22.3 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 43,795 |
| Less than 5 | 45.0 | 3.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 21.7 | 11.8 | 3.5 | 42,260 |
| Immunization status | ||||||||
| NO/Partial | 42.9 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 19.0 | 12.9 | 2.6 | 1,00,658 |
| Full | 45.4 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 18.3 | 14.0 | 2.5 | 1,04,822 |
| Drinking water | ||||||||
| Improved | 44.0 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 2.6 | 1,79,628 |
| Unimproved | 45.6 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 17.3 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 25,852 |
| Sanitation facility | ||||||||
| Improved | 52.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 1,02,259 |
| Unimproved | 36.3 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 23.5 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 1,03,221 |
| Total | 44.2 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 18.6 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 2,05,480 |