Table 7. Estimates of decomposition analysis for contribution of various explanatory variables for co-existence of thinness and 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)	0.019	0.088	0.002	-7.3	-7.3	-0.019	0.016	0.000	2.7	2.7
Educational status (years)
No schooling
1–7	0.036	-0.092	-0.003	14.5		-0.004	-0.092	0.000	-3.2
8–9	-0.001	0.064	0.000	0.2		-0.003	0.036	0.000	0.9
10 and above	-0.009	0.269	-0.002	11.0	25.7	-0.003	0.272	-0.001	6.5	4.2
Working status
No
Yes	-0.012	-0.154	0.002	-8.4	-8.4	-0.001	-0.260	0.000	-2.6	-2.6
Media exposure
No exposure
Rare	0.011	-0.305	-0.003	14.4		-0.005	-0.221	0.001	-9.3
Frequent	0.004	0.120	0.000	-2.0	12.4	-0.012	0.267	-0.003	28.2	18.9
Wealth Index
Poorest
Poorer	-0.008	-0.527	0.004	-18.5		-0.004	-0.521	0.002	-21.0
Middle	-0.008	-0.092	0.001	-3.1		-0.001	-0.110	0.000	-1.4
Richer	-0.017	0.347	-0.006	25.4		-0.009	0.364	-0.003	31.1
Richest	-0.022	0.778	-0.017	75.6	79.4	-0.008	0.806	-0.007	62.1	70.8
Caste
SC/ST
Non-SC/ST	-0.007	0.088	-0.001	2.8	2.8	-0.016	0.086	-0.001	12.8	12.8
Religion
Hindu
Non-Hindu	-0.002	0.175	0.000	1.7	1.7	0.002	0.110	0.000	-1.5	-1.5
Residence
Urban
Rural	0.008	-0.091	-0.001	3.2	3.2	0.005	-0.067	0.000	3.2	3.2
States
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar	-0.012	-0.175	0.002	-9.4	-9.4	-0.005	-0.182	0.001	-8.4	-8.4
Calculated CI			-0.023	100.0				-0.011	100.0
Actual CI			-0.252					-0.173
Residual			-0.229

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