Table 1 Variable definitions and sample means or percent (standard deviations) with minimum and maximum value in India, 2015–16
Variables | Definitions | Mean or % | Std. Dev. | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stunting | District’s with mean stunted children below age 5 years | 38.36 | 9.69 | 13.01 | 65.11 |
Underweight | District’s with mean underweight children below age 5 years | 34.50 | 11.58 | 7.00 | 66.95 |
Female Child | Percent of female child in a district | 48.28 | 2.70 | 36.12 | 60.25 |
Birth size (> = normal) | Percent of women reported to have birth size average and above in a district | 88.07 | 5.17 | 70.55 | 98.67 |
Birth order | District’s average birth order | 2.27 | 0.42 | 1.37 | 3.60 |
Unwanted birth | Percent of unwanted birth in a district | 4.17 | 2.96 | 0.00 | 16.08 |
Height of mother | Average height of the women (aged 15–49) in a district | 152.78 | 2.94 | 147.75 | 170.34 |
Female literacy | Mean year of schooling of women (aged 15–49) in districts | 6.22 | 2.21 | 1.45 | 13.25 |
Scheduled caste and tribes | Percent of district’s female population belonging to scheduled caste and tribes | 40.55 | 23.88 | 1.31 | 100.00 |
Muslim | Percent of district’s female population belonging to Muslim household | 15.79 | 19.57 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Safe drinking facility | Percent of household in a district with access of safe drinking water | 35.35 | 28.05 | 0.15 | 98.92 |
Open defecation | Percent of household in a district exposed to open defecate | 42.10 | 27.43 | 0.00 | 89.12 |
Rural Population | Percent of district’s female population living in rural area | 76.23 | 19.12 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
North | Consist of the states-Haryana, Himanchal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Uttarakhand | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Central | Consist of the states- Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh | 0.29 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
East | Consist of the states- Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal | 0.21 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Northeast | Consist the states-Arunanchal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura | 0.14 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
West | Consist of the states- Goa, Gujrat, Maharashtra, Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nager Haveli A& N Island | 0.07 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
South | Consist of the states-Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 1.00 |