Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants receiving Anganwadi activities in 11 states, India, 2021 .

Characteristic	Weighted % (95% CI) (n = 4400)a
Age of participant, years
< 20	4.9 (4.1 to 5.9)
20–24	45.6 (42.9 to 48.2)
25–29	36.2 (33.9 to 38.5)
≥ 30	13.3 (11.9 to 14.8)
Age at marriage, years
< 15	2.3 (1.7 to 3.2)
15–19	50.7 (47.4 to 54.1)
20–24	38.8 (36.2 to 41.5)
≥ 25	8.2 (6.7 to 9.9)
Education
No education	11.3 (9.9 to 12.9)
Primary school (grades 1–5)	8.3 (7.3 to 9.6)
Middle school (grades 6–8)	14.8 (13.5 to 16.3)
Junior high school (grades 9–10)	22.4 (20.8 to 24.2)
Senior high school (grades 11–12)	20.9 (19.0 to 23.0)
More than high school	22.2 (20.0 to 24.5)
Religion
Hindu	87.4 (83.7 to 90.3)
Muslim	9.6 (6.9 to 13.3)
Other	3.0 (2.2 to 4.0)
Caste or tribe
Scheduled caste or tribe	31.0 (27.9 to 34.3)
Other backward class	46.0 (42.4 to 49.7)
General class	21.0 (18.0 to 24.4)
Do not know	1.9 (1.2 to 3.2)
Household has below poverty line card
Yes	53.2 (49.6 to 56.7)
No	43.8 (40.4 to 47.3)
Do not know	3.0 (2.3 to 3.8)
No. of children
None	10.7 (9.7 to 11.8)
One child	41.4 (39.6 to 43.2)
Two children	30.3 (28.4 to 32.3)
Three or more children	17.6 (15.5 to 19.8)

CI: confidence interval.

^a Proportion is survey weighted and CIs are adjusted for clustered sampling design.