Table 2. Percentage distribution for thinness, stunting and co-existence of both by background characteristics among adolescents aged 10–19 years.
| Background characteristics | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thinness (N = 3242) | Stunting (N = 3190) | Both (N = 3185) | Thinness (N = 4297) | Stunting (N = 4396) | Both (N = 3979) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Early adolescents (10–14) | 29.3 | 24.5 | 11.3 | 19.0 | 32.3 | 7.6 |
| Late adolescents (15–19) | 20.7 | 27.3 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 42.9 | 5.0 |
| Educational status (years) | ||||||
| No schooling | 23.2 | 29.0 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 49.6 | 7.4 |
| 1–7 | 30.4 | 28.1 | 13.0 | 16.7 | 38.5 | 7.1 |
| 8–9 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 38.2 | 5.3 |
| 10 and above | 14.8 | 17.3 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 36.0 | 3.9 |
| Working status | ||||||
| No | 27.6 | 24.5 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 38.9 | 6.0 |
| Yes | 19.3 | 30.0 | 6.6 | 10.1 | 42.2 | 6.0 |
| Media exposure | ||||||
| No exposure | 32.2 | 28.3 | 11.3 | 14.9 | 41.4 | 8.5 |
| Rare | 33.7 | 31.4 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 42.3 | 6.5 |
| Frequent | 23.2 | 23.9 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 36.8 | 4.8 |
| Wealth Index | ||||||
| Poorest | 33.9 | 35.2 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 44.9 | 9.3 |
| Poorer | 32.3 | 30.3 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 45.3 | 6.5 |
| Middle | 29.1 | 29.5 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 42.1 | 7.7 |
| Richer | 20.6 | 22.6 | 6.5 | 12.2 | 37.9 | 4.3 |
| Richest | 16.5 | 14.4 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 28.2 | 3.3 |
| Caste | ||||||
| SC/ST | 31.0 | 33.4 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 45.6 | 8.0 |
| Non-SC/ST | 23.9 | 22.8 | 9.0 | 12.8 | 36.8 | 5.2 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 25.9 | 26.2 | 10.1 | 12.3 | 40.1 | 5.9 |
| Non-Hindu | 25.6 | 22.5 | 7.9 | 16.1 | 36.1 | 6.1 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 20.4 | 19.0 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 36.0 | 4.2 |
| Rural | 26.9 | 27.0 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 39.8 | 6.3 |
| States | ||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 25.5 | 27.3 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 38.0 | 6.1 |
| Bihar | 26.4 | 22.3 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 42.1 | 5.6 |
SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe.