Table 1. Contraceptive user characteristics and method mix (n = 19675), India, 2005–06.
| Method mix conditional on use (%) | ||||||
| Number of users | % of users | Traditional | Modern | Sterilization | Total | |
| Women's caste | ||||||
| Scheduled caste | 3209 | 19.4 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 48.5 | 100.0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 2054 | 6.8 | 20.4 | 22.6 | 57.0 | 100.0 |
| Other backward caste | 5973 | 38.6 | 20.2 | 28.3 | 51.5 | 100.0 |
| General | 7438 | 35.2 | 22.6 | 46.1 | 31.3 | 100.0 |
| Women's religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 14583 | 80.4 | 21.7 | 31.2 | 47.1 | 100.0 |
| Muslim | 2724 | 14.3 | 28.6 | 47.7 | 23.7 | 100.0 |
| Other | 2368 | 5.3 | 19.5 | 41.6 | 38.9 | 100.0 |
| Women's education | ||||||
| None | 5782 | 37.3 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 53.2 | 100.0 |
| Primary | 2617 | 14.3 | 21.2 | 29.5 | 49.3 | 100.0 |
| Secondary | 8602 | 38.8 | 21.6 | 40.6 | 37.8 | 100.0 |
| Higher and above | 2673 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 61.9 | 19.0 | 100.0 |
| Women's occupation | ||||||
| Professional skilled | 1032 | 3.6 | 18.5 | 54.0 | 27.5 | 100.0 |
| Services skilled manual | 2781 | 12.9 | 19.8 | 30.8 | 49.4 | 100.0 |
| Agricultural | 3322 | 21.7 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 63.2 | 100.0 |
| Not working | 12520 | 61.8 | 23.8 | 40.1 | 36.1 | 100.0 |
| Household wealth | ||||||
| Poorest | 1986 | 16.1 | 29.6 | 19.2 | 51.2 | 100.0 |
| Poorer | 2644 | 18.4 | 26.9 | 21.5 | 51.6 | 100.0 |
| Middle | 3531 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 51.1 | 100.0 |
| Richer | 4842 | 21.6 | 19.0 | 37.9 | 43.1 | 100.0 |
| Richest | 6672 | 25.5 | 17.8 | 55.1 | 27.1 | 100.0 |
| Heard FP on radio | ||||||
| Yes | 7404 | 35.4 | 24.1 | 39.5 | 36.4 | 100.0 |
| No | 12271 | 64.6 | 21.7 | 31.1 | 47.2 | 100.0 |
| Heard FP on TV | ||||||
| Yes | 12190 | 54.4 | 19.2 | 43.3 | 37.5 | 100.0 |
| No | 7485 | 45.6 | 26.6 | 23.1 | 50.3 | 100.0 |
| Heard FP on newspaper | ||||||
| Yes | 6299 | 25.5 | 19.0 | 50.5 | 30.5 | 100.0 |
| No | 13376 | 74.5 | 23.8 | 28.5 | 47.7 | 100.0 |
| Household type | ||||||
| Nuclear | 9976 | 49.9 | 22.3 | 29.8 | 47.9 | 100.0 |
| Non-nuclear | 9699 | 50.1 | 22.8 | 38.4 | 38.8 | 100.0 |
| Women's healthcare decision | ||||||
| Herself | 5309 | 26.3 | 20.9 | 35.4 | 43.7 | 100.0 |
| Spouse | 5310 | 30.6 | 22.7 | 31.1 | 46.2 | 100.0 |
| Jointly | 958 | 6.0 | 25.6 | 36.1 | 38.3 | 100.0 |
| Other | 8098 | 37.0 | 23.1 | 35.3 | 41.7 | 100.0 |
| Women's age (in years) | ||||||
| 15–25 | 4527 | 26.0 | 26.7 | 40.8 | 32.5 | 100.0 |
| 25–34 | 11878 | 58.9 | 18.6 | 32.0 | 49.4 | 100.0 |
| 35–49 | 3270 | 15.1 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 38.6 | 100.0 |
| Number of living children | ||||||
| 0 | 565 | 2.9 | 53.8 | 45.4 | 0.8 | 100.0 |
| 1 | 3843 | 16.8 | 35.0 | 60.5 | 4.5 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 7192 | 35.3 | 16.3 | 33.5 | 50.2 | 100.0 |
| 3 | 3956 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 23.8 | 60.2 | 100.0 |
| 4+ | 4119 | 24.4 | 24.8 | 24.2 | 51.0 | 100.0 |
| Number of living sons | ||||||
| 0 | 3825 | 17.5 | 35.1 | 47.5 | 17.4 | 100.0 |
| 1 | 8563 | 41.6 | 21.1 | 39.1 | 39.8 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 5265 | 28.7 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 61.9 | 100.0 |
| 3 | 1415 | 8.4 | 23.7 | 24.4 | 51.9 | 100.0 |
| 4+ | 607 | 3.8 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 42.1 | 100.0 |
| Region | ||||||
| North | 3771 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 49.3 | 38.2 | 100.0 |
| East | 2958 | 22.9 | 30.9 | 36.3 | 32.8 | 100.0 |
| Northeast | 3747 | 5.2 | 50.4 | 37.9 | 11.7 | 100.0 |
| West | 2440 | 15.3 | 12.4 | 39.5 | 48.1 | 100.0 |
| Central | 3886 | 25.7 | 31.3 | 32.0 | 36.7 | 100.0 |
| South | 2873 | 17.5 | 7.1 | 16.9 | 76.0 | 100.0 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban | 9604 | 35.6 | 17.5 | 47.4 | 35.1 | 100.0 |
| Rural | 10071 | 64.4 | 25.4 | 26.7 | 47.9 | 100.0 |
| All | 19675 | 100.0 | 22.6 | 34.1 | 43.3 | 100.0 |
Notes: percentages adjusted for sample weights; the number of users is based on unweighted data; Data source: Indian National Family Health Survey, 2005–06.