Table 2. Percentage distribution of women who had at least one live birth in their adolescence (15–19) during the last five years preceding the survey by background characteristics, NFHS-3 (2005–06), rural India.
| Background characteristics | % | n |
| Maternal age | ||
| <18 | 61.9 | 2180 |
| 18–19 | 38.1 | 1419 |
| Women's education | ||
| Illiterate | 48.5 | 1612 |
| Literate but below primary | 10.1 | 395 |
| Primary but below middle | 21.5 | 787 |
| Middle but below high school | 12.5 | 527 |
| High school and above | 7.4 | 278 |
| Husband's education | ||
| Illiterate | 30.9 | 1057 |
| literate but below primary | 8.7 | 333 |
| Primary but below middle | 18.9 | 702 |
| Middle but below high school | 19.2 | 726 |
| High school and above | 22.3 | 781 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 82.5 | 2750 |
| Muslim | 14.5 | 501 |
| Others | 3.0 | 348 |
| Social group | ||
| Others | 20.9 | 747 |
| Scheduled Castes (SCs) | 24.1 | 741 |
| Scheduled Tribes (STs) | 12.6 | 671 |
| Other Backward Classes (OBCs) | 42.3 | 1271 |
| Autonomy | ||
| Low | 79.4 | 2738 |
| High | 20.6 | 859 |
| Mass media exposure | ||
| No exposure | 35.0 | 1139 |
| Any exposure | 65.0 | 2460 |
| Wealth quintile | ||
| Poorest | 32.8 | 974 |
| Poorer | 27.4 | 1071 |
| Middle | 24.0 | 915 |
| Richer | 12.4 | 482 |
| Richest | 3.4 | 157 |
| Family structure | ||
| Nuclear | 31.1 | 1012 |
| Joint | 68.9 | 2180 |
| Birth order and interval | ||
| Birth order 1 | 63.0 | 2303 |
| Birth order-2/3 and interval < = 24 | 18.0 | 640 |
| Birth order-2/3 and interval >24 | 19.0 | 656 |
| Status of the child | ||
| Wanted | 85.5 | 3029 |
| Unwanted | 14.5 | 567 |
| Visited by the health providers | ||
| No | 63.1 | 2348 |
| Yes | 36.9 | 1251 |
| Region | ||
| South | 16.4 | 548 |
| North | 9.2 | 481 |
| Central | 25.2 | 803 |
| East | 35.1 | 881 |
| Northeast | 4.4 | 614 |
| West | 9.8 | 272 |
| Total number of respondents | 3599 |
Note: All ‘n’ are unweighted. Total may not be equal due to some missing cases.