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Table 2 Religious group-wise prevalence of malnutrition among children under 5 years

From: Exploring the paradox of Muslim advantage in undernutrition among under-5 children in India: a decomposition analysis

 

Hindu

Muslim

Low caste

High caste

Total

Stunting (%)

38.54

39.79

43.53

35.68

38.76

Wasting (%)

21.5

19.42

23.47

20.37

21.13

Underweight (%)

36.34

34.89

41.76

33.24

36.08

  1. All p-values for chi-squared test statistic were below 0.001
  2. Source: Authors’ calculations from National Family Health Survey, 2015-16 (NFHS-4)
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