Table 1 Percentage distribution of the study population by background characteristics, India, 2015–16
From: Newborn low birth weight: do socio-economic inequality still persist in India?
Background characteristics | Percentage | Sample |
|---|---|---|
Age at index birth (in years) | ||
 ≤ 19 | 14.3 | 18,144 |
 20–24 | 44.8 | 57,013 |
 25–29 | 28.0 | 35,622 |
 30–35 | 10.6 | 13,485 |
 35+ | 2.3 | 2876 |
Body mass index | ||
 Underweight | 24.5 | 29,946 |
 Normal | 57.5 | 75,821 |
 Overweight and Obese | 18.0 | 21,374 |
Ante-natal care | ||
 No | 5.9 | 8223 |
 Partial | 70.6 | 91,977 |
 Fulla | 23.6 | 26,941 |
Birth order and interval | ||
 First | 34.9 | 43,295 |
 2–3 & < 23 months | 12.8 | 15,263 |
 2–3 & > 23 months | 41.0 | 51,640 |
 4+ & < 24 months | 2.5 | 3643 |
 4+ & > 24 months | 8.8 | 13,300 |
Education | ||
 No education | 20.5 | 27,650 |
 Primary | 12.7 | 16,579 |
 Secondary | 52.4 | 66,108 |
 Higher | 14.5 | 16,804 |
Caste | ||
 Scheduled Caste | 20.5 | 23,074 |
 Scheduled Tribe | 9.6 | 22,755 |
 Other Backward Class | 42.8 | 49,913 |
 Others | 27.1 | 31,399 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 80.3 | 95,539 |
 Muslim | 14.2 | 17,005 |
 Others | 5.4 | 14,597 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 17.0 | 23,287 |
 Poorer | 19.8 | 26,643 |
 Middle | 21.1 | 27,214 |
 Richer | 21.9 | 25,895 |
 Richest | 20.2 | 24,102 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 34.0 | 36,874 |
 Rural | 66.0 | 90,267 |
Sex of the child | ||
 Male | 55.5 | 70,380 |
 Female | 44.5 | 56,761 |
Region | ||
 North | 13.6 | 25,133 |
 Central | 20.1 | 30,284 |
 East | 23.9 | 25,385 |
 Northeast | 3.8 | 18,059 |
 West | 15.6 | 11,289 |
 South | 22.9 | 16,991 |
Source of drinking Water | ||
 Not improved | 15.6 | 20,723 |
 Improvedb | 84.4 | 106,418 |
Type of toilet facility | ||
 Not improved | 44.8 | 57,163 |
 Improvedc | 55.2 | 69,978 |
Type of cooking fuel | ||
 Unclean | 56.9 | 78,816 |
 Cleand | 43.1 | 48,325 |
Total | 100.0 | 127,141 |