Table 1.

Percentage of women of reproductive age surveyed in rural India, by sociocultural characteristics, according to state, 2002–03

Characteristic	Bihar	Jharkhand	Maharashtra	Tamil Nadu
Living children (mean number)	3.4	3.2	2.8	2.4
Age at marriage (mean years)	14.1	14.5	15.9	18.1
Watched television in last week	21.1	31.9	64.5	82.2
Illiterate	75.3	77.7	44.2	39.4
Can take her sick child to the hospital	31.1	16.5	43.7	80.5
Resides in household with electricity	11.4	10.9	73.4	76.3
Currently uses a modern contraceptive method	26.5	29.3	78.7	64.4
Received antenatal care (percent of births)	33.5	41.4	75.6	99.2

Source: International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS) and Johns Hopkins University (2005).