Table 5.

Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for wasting 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)	−0.008	0.019	0.000	1.3	−0.004	0.025	0.000	1.4
Education	−0.023	0.173	−0.004	33.4	−0.009	0.094	−0.001	11.8
Age at First Birth (years)	0.006	0.045	0.000	−2.1	−0.004	0.023	0.000	1.4
Parity	0.013	−0.091	−0.001	9.9	0.006	−0.075	0.000	6.6
Anemia	0.003	−0.076	0.000	1.9	0.002	−0.051	0.000	1.0
Socio-economic factors
Caste	−0.034	0.026	−0.001	7.6	−0.009	0.025	0.000	3.1
Religion	−0.004	−0.003	0.000	0.0	−0.010	−0.002	0.000	−0.4
Child factors
Age (months)	−0.068	−0.005	0.000	−2.5	−0.056	0.001	0.000	0.7
Sex	−0.027	−0.004	0.000	−1.1	−0.023	− 0.003	0.000	− 0.7
Anemia	−0.006	− 0.064	0.000	−3.0	− 0.008	−0.058	0.000	−6.6
Diarrhea	0.003	−0.025	0.000	0.4	0.001	−0.039	0.000	0.7
Birth weight	0.007	0.098	0.001	−5.9	0.010	−0.027	0.000	3.5
Colostrum feeding	0.004	0.079	0.000	−2.8	0.004	0.009	0.000	−0.7
Environmental factors
Source of drinking water	0.023	0.013	0.000	−2.3	0.031	−0.002	0.000	0.7
Defecation	−0.066	0.066	−0.004	36.8	−0.072	0.046	−0.003	46.9
Stool Disposal	0.002	−0.308	−0.001	3.8	0.002	−0.308	−0.001	8.0
Regions of India	0.006	0.014	0.000	−0.6	0.017	−0.002	0.000	0.4
Health seeking factors
Skilled birth attendant	0.011	0.141	0.002	−12.7	−0.001	0.042	0.000	0.4
Place of delivery	−0.004	0.163	−0.001	5.3	−0.006	0.050	0.000	3.8
Full Immunization	−0.022	0.146	−0.003	26.4	−0.025	0.046	−0.001	16.0
Full ANC	−0.002	0.360	−0.001	6.1	−0.001	0.208	0.000	2.1
Explained CI			−0.012	100.00			−0.007	100.00
Actual CI			−0.116				−0.045
Residual			−0.104				−0.038