Table 1. Comparison of selected characteristics of married women by age at last birth in five years preceding the survey, NFHS 2005–06, India.

Selected indicators	15–19a	20 and abovea	Totalb
Mean age at marriage	15.1	17.1	17.3
Mean age at first birth	16.8	19.5	19.4
Mean highest years of schooling	3.4	3.9	4.2
% of partners with high school education and above	22.3	26.8	25.0
% with no mass media exposure	35.0	38.3	30.4
% belonging to the poorest wealth quintile	32.8	28.2	31.4
% children stunting	52.4	47.0	47.6
% children suffering from diarrhea	14.5	10.5	11.0
% currently not using any contraceptive	71.3	56.0	58.8
% experienced massive vaginal bleeding after birth	15.0	11.0	13.0
n	3599	18724	36850

Note:

^aIncludes rural samples only.

^bIncludes both urban and rural samples.