Table 2. Differences of the differences between focus states groups for AARR changes in the post-NRHM (2005 to 2015) versus pre-NRHM periods (1992 to 2005) based on results from the Indian NFHS.
| Chronic | Acute | Overall | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Δ | LCI | UCI | p | Δ | LCI | UCI | p | Δ | LCI | UCI | p | |
| High focus—normal focus | −1.3 | −2.2 | −0.4 | <0.001 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 5.7 | <0.001 | 0.0 | −0.5 | 0.7 | 0.81 |
| Northeast focus—normal focus | −1.9 | −3.7 | −0.1 | 0.04 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 8.3 | <0.001 | 0.0 | −1.5 | 1.4 | 0.96 |
| High focus—northeast focus | 0.6 | −1.2 | 2.3 | 0.53 | −1.1 | −4.0 | 1.7 | 0.45 | 0.1 | −1.3 | −1.5 | 0.88 |
Chronic undernutrition was defined by stunting, acute by wasting, and overall by CIAF (stunted, wasted, or underweight).
All estimates were adjusted for month of survey as well as religion and caste of the child’s household.
AARR, average annualized reduction rate; CIAF, Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure; LCI, Lower Confidence Interval; NFHS, National Family Health Survey; NRHM, National Rural Health Mission; UCI, Upper Confidence Interval.