Percentage of Children under Age Three Years Born to Ever-Married Women Classified as Malnourished According to Three Anthropometric Indices of Nutritional Status (Height-for-Age, Weight-for-Height and Weight-for-Age) by Residence, NFHS-3 and NFHS-2 in India (1998-1999 and 2005-2006) | ||||||
Measure of Nutrition | NFHS-3 (2005-06) | NFHS-2 (1998-99) | ||||
Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | |
Height-for-Age | ||||||
Percentage below -3 SD | ||||||
Percentage below -2 SD1 | ||||||
Weight-for-Height | ||||||
Percentage below -3 SD | ||||||
Percentage below -2 SD1 | ||||||
Weight-for-Age | ||||||
Percentage below -3 SD | ||||||
Percentage below -2 SD1 | ||||||
Number of children |