Table 3.

Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for stunting among urban children under five years in India, 2005–06 & 2015–16

	NFHS 2005–06				NFHS 2015–16
Variables	Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution	Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution
Mother factors
Age (years)	−0.061	0.019	− 0.001	2.3	− 0.067	0.025	−0.002	5.5
Education	−0.055	0.173	−0.010	19.1	−0.086	0.094	−0.008	26.6
Age at First Birth (years)	−0.110	0.045	−0.005	9.9	0.019	0.023	0.000	−1.5
Parity	0.081	−0.091	− 0.007	14.8	0.076	−0.075	− 0.006	19.0
Anemia	−0.007	−0.076	0.001	−1.1	0.015	−0.051	− 0.001	2.6
Socio-economic factors
Caste	−0.083	0.026	−0.002	4.4	−0.071	0.025	−0.002	5.9
Religion	−0.008	− 0.003	0.000	−0.1	0.003	−0.002	0.000	0.0
Child factors
Age (months)	0.094	− 0.005	0.000	0.9	0.023	0.001	0.000	−0.1
Sex	−0.030	− 0.004	0.000	−0.3	− 0.026	−0.003	0.000	− 0.3
Anemia	0.065	−0.064	−0.004	8.4	0.040	− 0.058	−0.002	7.7
Diarrhea	0.001	−0.025	0.000	0.1	0.000	−0.039	0.000	0.0
Birth weight	0.011	0.098	0.001	−2.2	0.012	− 0.027	0.000	1.1
Colostrum feeding	0.001	0.079	0.000	−0.2	0.002	0.009	0.000	− 0.1
Environmental factors
Source of drinking water	0.035	0.013	0.000	−0.9	0.010	−0.002	0.000	0.1
Defecation	− 0.085	0.066	−0.006	11.4	−0.094	0.046	−0.004	14.3
Stool Disposal	0.007	−0.308	−0.002	4.1	0.009	− 0.308	−0.003	8.9
Regions of India	0.045	0.014	0.001	−1.3	−0.026	−0.002	0.000	−0.2
Health seeking factors
Skilled birth attendant	0.000	0.141	0.000	−0.1	−0.032	0.042	−0.001	4.5
Place of delivery	−0.070	0.163	−0.011	22.8	−0.029	0.050	−0.001	4.9
Full Immunization	−0.016	0.146	−0.002	4.6	0.023	0.046	0.001	−3.5
Full ANC	−0.004	0.360	−0.001	3.2	−0.007	0.208	−0.001	4.5
Explained CI			−0.050	100			−0.030	100.00
Actual CI			−0.186				−0.156
Residual			−0.136				−0.126