Table 5 Variance Inflation Factors showing multicollinearity between potential predictors of nutrition
Variable | VIF | 1/VIF |
|---|---|---|
Households with electricity (%) | 6.24 | 0.16 |
Households with an improved drinking water source (%) | 6.93 | 0.14 |
Households using improved sanitation facility (%) | 19.78 | 0.05 |
Households using clean fuel for cooking (%) | 8.21 | 0.12 |
Households using iodized salt (%) | 4.28 | 0.23 |
Women who are literate (%) | 34.21 | 0.03 |
Women with 10 or more years of schooling (%) | 19.26 | 0.05 |
Total fertility rate (children per woman) | 15.65 | 0.06 |
Mothers who had antenatal check-up in the first trimester (%) | 24.57 | 0.04 |
Mothers who had at least 4 antenatal care visits (%) | 18.75 | 0.05 |
Mothers with PNC | 13.71 | 0.07 |
Institutional births (%) | 12.09 | 0.08 |
Prevalence of diarrhea (reported) in the last 2 weeks preceding the survey (%) | 3.52 | 0.28 |
Children under age 3 years breastfed within 1 h of birth (%) | 4.04 | 0.25 |
Children under age 6 months exclusively breastfed (%) | 2.99 | 0.33 |
Children age 6–8 months receiving solid or semisolid food and breastmilk (%) | 8.54 | 0.12 |
Breastfeeding children age 6–23 months receiving an adequate diet (%) | 10.60 | 0.09 |
Women whose body mass index (BMI) is below normal (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2)14 (%) | 13.70 | 0.07 |
States gross domestic product (constant price) | 2.30 | 0.43 |
SC population | 3.16 | 0.32 |
ST population | 2.92 | 0.34 |
Mean VIF | 11.88 |