Table 2.
Summary statistics of explanatory variables used in the analysis of UDAYA wave-1 and wave-2
| Variables | Adolescent boys | Adolescent girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wave-1 | wave-2 | p-value | wave-1 | wave-2 | p-value | |
| Piped water source | 96.0 | 92.5 | < 0.001 | 97.9 | 95.7 | < 0.001 |
| Clean cooking fuel | 20.5 | 32.0 | < 0.001 | 22.1 | 33.2 | < 0.001 |
| Own flush/pit toilet | 31.5 | 57.4 | < 0.001 | 35.3 | 56.7 | < 0.001 |
| Mean age (years) | 13.9 | 16.8 | 0.789 | 13.3 | 16.2 | < 0.001 |
| Mean schooling (years) | 6.7 | 8.8 | 0.090 | 6.2 | 8.3 | < 0.001 |
| Underweight (BMI > 18.5) | 86.2 | 66.8 | < 0.001 | 83.9 | 58.1 | < 0.001 |
| Thinness | 28.4 | 22.5 | 0.015 | 19.2 | 12.2 | < 0.001 |
| Consumption of IFA tablets | 23.8 | 27.5 | 0.173 | 25.8 | 32.2 | < 0.001 |
| N | 4216 | 4216 | 5974 | 5974 | ||
BMI Body mass index, IFA Iron folic acid, wave-1 2015–16, wave-2 2018–19
p-values are based on t-test and proportion test