Table 3.

Multilevel linear regression of IFA supplementation coverage by beneficiary groups, 2017–18 to 2019–20

Beneficiaries	Children (6–59 month)		Children (5–9 years)		Adolescent girls (10–19 years)		Adolescent boys (10–19 years)		Out-of-school girls (10–19 years)		Pregnant women		Lactating mothers
Fixed parameters	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE	Coef.	SE
Time (2017–18 to 2019–20)	3.459	0.246	3.722	0.491	3.206	0.730	2.855	0.663	1.235	0.799	3.973	0.303	4.341	0.371
Target population (in thousands)	0.015	0.001	0.003	0.000	0.023	0.001	0.016	0.001	0.058	0.004	0.105	0.012	0.584	0.031
Random-effects parameters
States (SD)	10.3	1.4	10.8	1.5	19.1	2.6	18.5	2.5	19.0	2.5	16.7	2.1	15.9	2.2
District (SD)	5.1	0.3	9.2	0.6	7.6	1.1	9.5	0.8	8.1	1.1	9.3	0.4	13.6	0.5
Residual (SD)	9.1	0.2	16.2	0.3	23.9	0.5	21.6	0.4	24.4	0.5	11.3	0.2	12.7	0.3
VPC (%)
State/UT level	50%		25%		37%		38%		35%		57%		42%	50%
District level	12%		18%		6%		10%		6%		18%		31%	12%
Residual	38%		57%		57%		52%		58%		26%		27%	38%

Note: All coefficients are significant at 5% level. VPC denotes the variance partition coefficient estimated as variance attributable to a given level divided by total variance.

Source: Authors based on HMIS and AMB dashboard (www.anemiamuktbharat.info).