Table 1.

Partitioning total variation in predicted child anthropometric failures by village, district, and state levels

	Stunting %		Underweight %		Wasting %
	Variance (SE)	Variance partitioning coefficient (%)	Variance (SE)	Variance partitioning coefficient (%)	Variance (SE)	Variance partitioning coefficient (%)
State	27.6 (7.0)	24.0%	56.5 (14.0)	39.5%	17.6 (4.5)	20.6%
District	8.2 (0.5)	7.1%	8.9 (0.5)	6.2%	6.1 (0.4)	7.1%
Village	79.3 (0.1)	68.9%	77.5 (0.1)	54.2%	61.9 (0.1)	72.3%
Total geographical variation	115.1	100%	142.9	100%	85.6	100%

Variance partitioning coefficient (%) for level z calculated as: $\frac{{\sigma }_z^2}{{\sigma }_{state}^2+{\sigma }_{District}^2+{\sigma }_{Village}^2}$ × 100.