Table 2.

Mean height for age z (HAZ), weight for age z (WAZ), and weight for height z (WHZ) scores among children under five years in urban India, 2005–06 and 2015–16

Age (in Months)	2005–06						2015–16
	Urban Poor			Urban Non-poor			Urban Poor			Urban Non-poor
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
0–5 months
HAZ	100	−0.95	1.78	773	− 0.36	1.90	521	−0.86	1.91	2808	− 0.33	1.88
vWAZ	100	−1.54	1.63	773	−1.05	1.30	521	−1.49	1.32	2808	−1.18	1.31
WHZ	100	− 1.11	1.75	773	−1.00	1.91	521	−1.09	1.79	2808	−1.25	1.84
5–10 months
HAZ	127	−1.41	1.97	1153	−0.61	1.68	712	− 0.73	2.07	3784	−0.33	1.85
WAZ	127	−2.06	1.43	1153	−1.08	1.28	712	−1.56	1.38	3784	−1.06	1.27
WHZ	127	− 1.44	1.62	1153	−0.85	1.57	712	−1.34	1.57	3784	− 1.02	1.63
10–15 months
HAZ	112	− 1.82	1.53	1105	−1.14	1.58	612	−1.51	1.89	3600	− 0.88	1.90
WAZ	112	−1.91	1.26	1105	− 1.19	1.21	612	−1.71	1.30	3600	−1.10	1.26
WHZ	112	−1.32	1.43	1105	−0.82	1.43	612	−1.22	1.49	3600	−0.84	1.52
15–20 months
HAZ	157	−2.24	1.76	1172	−1.62	1.60	702	−1.74	1.83	3977	−1.27	1.72
WAZ	157	− 2.04	1.30	1172	−1.27	1.24	702	−1.75	1.22	3977	−1.18	1.22
WHZ	157	−1.30	1.47	1172	−0.68	1.32	702	−1.24	1.30	3977	−0.78	1.41
20–25 months
HAZ	100	−2.76	1.52	1133	−1.76	1.56	656	−2.15	1.63	3771	−1.42	1.73
WAZ	100	−2.19	1.39	1133	−1.47	1.17	656	−2.01	1.16	3771	−1.28	1.29
WHZ	100	−1.10	1.49	1133	−0.81	1.22	656	−1.27	1.23	3771	−0.79	1.41
25–30 months
HAZ	138	−2.33	1.61	1227	−1.61	1.54	667	−1.94	1.68	3819	−1.07	1.74
WAZ	138	−2.05	1.10	1227	−1.38	1.18	667	−1.88	1.17	3819	−1.23	1.21
WHZ	138	−1.10	1.10	1227	−0.73	1.21	667	−1.17	1.29	3819	−0.94	1.28
30–35 months
HAZ	134	−2.61	1.81	1196	−1.72	1.61	697	−1.92	1.48	3877	−1.38	1.52
WAZ	134	−2.25	1.22	1196	−1.49	1.23	697	−1.82	1.14	3877	−1.34	1.19
WHZ	134	−1.10	1.20	1196	−0.77	1.29	697	−1.07	1.21	3877	−0.85	1.29
35–40 months
HAZ	133	−2.52	1.61	1227	−1.66	1.64	710	−1.97	1.49	3900	−1.28	1.53
WAZ	133	−2.13	1.00	1227	−1.53	1.27	710	−1.91	1.08	3900	−1.37	1.20
WHZ	133	−0.98	1.02	1227	−0.86	1.24	739	−1.14	1.33	3900	−0.95	1.34
40–45 months
HAZ	134	−2.46	1.56	1219	−1.70	1.50	739	−1.91	1.54	4041	−1.23	1.46
WAZ	134	−2.01	1.35	1219	−1.50	1.11	739	−1.89	1.16	4041	−1.28	1.21
WHZ	134	−0.83	1.47	1219	−0.75	1.18	710	−1.13	1.28	4041	−0.85	1.32
45–50 months
HAZ	131	−2.48	1.68	1098	−1.85	1.63	749	−1.93	1.42	3976	−1.31	1.45
WAZ	131	−2.10	1.47	1098	−1.69	1.20	749	−1.98	1.06	3976	−1.39	1.14
WHZ	131	−0.90	1.50	1098	−0.87	1.25	749	−1.24	1.19	3976	−0.92	1.33
50–55 months
HAZ	145	−2.62	1.20	1238	−1.46	1.39	718	−1.91	1.34	3883	−1.28	1.35
WAZ	145	−2.22	1.06	1238	−1.39	1.17	718	−1.83	1.09	3883	−1.35	1.21
WHZ	145	−0.95	1.26	1238	−0.78	1.27	718	−1.03	1.18	3883	−0.89	1.39
55–60 months
HAZ	137	−2.51	1.29	1152	−1.59	1.36	734	−2.08	1.20	3830	−1.34	1.26
WAZ	137	−2.18	1.02	1152	−1.54	1.16	734	−1.98	0.95	3830	−1.43	1.14
WHZ	137	−0.99	1.21	1152	−0.88	1.19	734	−1.09	1.15	3830	−0.96	1.37