Table 2 Underweight prevalence by wealth quintiles and Erreygers Concentration Index (ECI) for different tribal regions of India
From: Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis
Tribal region | Underweight prevalence | Underweight prevalence by wealth quintiles | ECI | Number of observations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest | Poorer | Middle | Richer | Richest | ||||
Eastern-Central (2015-16) | 34.7 | 38.4 | 33.4 | 26.8 | 20.2 | 17.0 | -0.128*** | 38,070 |
Eastern-Central (2019-21) | 27.9 | 30.7 | 26.6 | 22.2 | 15.0 | 13.6 | -0.100*** | 36,912 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.3 | -0.028 | Â |
North Eastern (2015-16) | 11.7 | 15.6 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 7.3 | -0.057*** | 47,183 |
North Eastern (2019-21) | 10.2 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 5.0 | -0.057*** | 50,448 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.000 | Â |
Western (2015-16) | 38.7 | 46.4 | 42.9 | 35.0 | 28.0 | 17.7 | -0.187*** | 13,924 |
Western (2019-21) | 30.0 | 35.8 | 33.7 | 26.3 | 20.1 | 14.3 | -0.151*** | 17,530 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 3.4 | -0.036 | Â |
Southern (2015-16) | 25.0 | 41.3 | 30.4 | 21.9 | 15.1 | 16.5 | -0.192*** | 4471 |
Southern (2019-21) | 20.9 | 31.5 | 26.0 | 20.4 | 13.5 | 9.1 | -0.165*** | 6794 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 4.1 | 9.8 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 7.5 | -0.027 | Â |
Northern (2015-16) | 20.1 | 28.4 | 23.1 | 19.5 | 14.2 | 15.0 | -0.108*** | 5179 |
Northern (2019-21) | 9.8 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 8.7 | 0.037*** | 4588 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 10.3 | 22.6 | 12.5 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 6.3 | -0.145 | Â |
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (2015-16) | 29.6 | 33.3 | 27.6 | 24.4 | 20.1 | 12.1 | -0.105*** | 2198 |
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (2019-21) | 26.4 | 31.4 | 21.8 | 23.2 | 19.0 | 16.2 | -0.116*** | 2533 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | -4.1 | 0.011 | Â |
India (2015-16) | 31.7 | 39.0 | 32.9 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 15.3 | -0.177*** | 113,549 |
India (2019-21) | 25.5 | 30.5 | 26.5 | 21.3 | 15.6 | 11.6 | -0.134*** | 121,326 |
Change between 2015 and 2021 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | -0.043 | Â |