Table 4.

Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for underweight 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)	−0.043	0.019	−0.001	1.8	−0.072	0.025	−0.002	5.96
Education	−0.078	0.173	−0.013	28.8	−0.081	0.094	−0.008	25.44
Age at First Birth (years)	−0.067	0.045	−0.003	6.4	0.004	0.023	0.000	−0.34
Parity	0.041	−0.091	−0.004	7.9	0.064	−0.075	−0.005	16.29
Anemia	0.011	−0.076	−0.001	1.7	0.010	−0.051	−0.001	1.68
Socio-economic factors
Caste	−0.048	0.026	−0.001	2.7	−0.059	0.025	−0.001	5.04
Religion	−0.030	−0.003	0.000	−0.2	− 0.005	−0.002	0.000	0.00
Child factors
Age (months)	0.079	−0.005	0.000	0.8	0.059	0.001	0.000	−0.25
Sex	−0.017	−0.004	0.000	−0.2	− 0.029	−0.003	0.000	−0.25
Anemia	0.033	−0.064	−0.002	4.5	0.025	−0.058	−0.001	4.87
Diarrhea	0.002	−0.025	0.000	0.1	0.001	−0.039	0.000	0.17
Birth weight	0.015	0.098	0.001	−3.2	0.019	−0.027	−0.001	1.68
Colostrum feeding	0.003	0.079	0.000	−0.5	0.002	0.009	0.000	−0.08
Environmental factors
Source of drinking water	0.038	0.013	0.000	−1.0	0.033	−0.002	0.000	0.17
Defecation	−0.119	0.066	−0.008	16.9	−0.112	0.046	−0.005	17.46
Stool Disposal	0.010	−0.308	−0.003	6.7	0.008	−0.308	−0.002	7.81
Regions of India	0.028	0.014	0.000	−0.9	− 0.006	−0.002	0.000	−0.08
Health seeking factors
Skilled birth attendant	−0.001	0.141	0.000	0.3	−0.026	0.042	−0.001	3.61
Place of delivery	−0.048	0.163	−0.008	16.7	−0.045	0.050	−0.002	7.56
Full Immunization	−0.018	0.146	−0.003	5.6	0.002	0.046	0.000	−0.34
Full ANC	−0.006	0.360	−0.002	5.0	−0.005	0.208	−0.001	3.61
Explained CI			−0.047	100.00			−0.030	100.00
Actual CI			−0.213				−0.162
Residual			−0.166				−0.132