Table 6. Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for stunting among adolescents aged 10–19 years.

Background characteristics	Adolescent boys					Adolescent girls
	Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution	% contribution		Elasticity	CI	Absolute contribution	% contribution
Age (years)
Early adolescents (10–14)
Late adolescents (15–19)	0.055	0.088	0.005	-12.5	-12.5	0.103	0.016	0.002	-4.9	-4.9
Educational status (years)
No schooling
1–7	0.028	-0.091	-0.003	6.8		-0.011	-0.092	0.001	-3.0
8–9	-0.010	0.064	-0.001	1.6		-0.023	0.036	-0.001	2.5
10 and above	-0.022	0.273	-0.006	15.3	23.6	-0.029	0.272	-0.008	24.0	23.5
Working status
No
Yes	-0.004	-0.156	0.001	-1.6	-1.6	-0.002	-0.260	0.001	-1.8	-1.8
Media exposure
No exposure
Rare	0.009	-0.302	-0.003	7.3		0.011	-0.221	-0.002	7.3
Frequent	0.012	0.120	0.001	-3.6	3.6	0.024	0.267	0.006	-19.1	-11.8
Wealth Index
Poorest
Poorer	-0.009	-0.524	0.005	-12.2		0.001	-0.521	0.000	1.4
Middle	-0.010	-0.090	0.001	-2.3		-0.005	-0.110	0.001	-1.7
Richer	-0.022	0.346	-0.008	20.0		-0.015	0.364	-0.005	16.4
Richest	-0.040	0.778	-0.031	79.7	85.2	-0.028	0.806	-0.023	67.9	84.1
Caste
SC/ST
Non-SC/ST	-0.044	0.089	-0.004	10.1	10.1	-0.033	0.086	-0.003	8.5	8.5
Religion
Hindu
Non-Hindu	-0.003	0.177	-0.001	1.3	1.3	-0.006	0.110	-0.001	2.1	2.1
Residence
Urban
Rural	0.008	-0.090	-0.001	1.8	1.8	-0.014	-0.067	0.001	-2.8	-2.8
States
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar	-0.026	-0.178	0.005	-11.7	-11.7	0.006	-0.182	-0.001	3.1	3.1
Calculated CI			-0.039	100.0				-0.033	100.0
Actual CI			-0.161					-0.090
Residual			-0.122					-0.057

CI: Concentration Index; SC/ST: Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe; %: Percentage.