Table I. Primary infertility rate among currently married women aged 20-49 married for above 5 years, National Family Health Survey 1998-999 and 2005-2006.
| NFHS-2 | NFHS-3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | Percent | Total women | Percent | Total women | Absolute change | Relative change |
| Age At First Marriage | ||||||
| 18 years and below | 1.86 | 950 | 1.68 | 929 | -0.18 | -9.58 |
| Above 18 years | 2.54 | 357 | 2.35 | 435 | -0.19 | -7.54 |
| Place Of Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 2.09 | 356 | 1.94 | 444 | -0.15 | -7.27 |
| Rural | 1.98 | 951 | 1.81 | 920 | -0.17 | -8.48 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 2.06 | 1103 | 1.86 | 1117 | -0.21 | -9.99 |
| Muslim | 1.61 | 129 | 1.75 | 168 | 0.14 | 8.64 |
| Christian | 1.95 | 31 | 2.03 | 33 | 0.08 | 4.03 |
| Others | 2.02 | 41 | 1.78 | 41 | -0.25 | -12.15 |
| Caste | ||||||
| Scheduled Caste | 2.02 | 239 | 1.88 | 257 | -0.15 | -7.21 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 2.56 | 144 | 2.25 | 138 | -0.31 | -12.11 |
| Others | 1.95 | 919 | 1.81 | 940 | -0.14 | -7.13 |
| Education | ||||||
| No Education | 2.16 | 801 | 1.81 | 691 | -0.35 | -16.04 |
| Primary | 1.62 | 180 | 1.75 | 198 | 0.13 | 8.02 |
| Secondary | 2.00 | 254 | 1.89 | 389 | -0.11 | -5.48 |
| Higher | 1.72 | 73 | 2.38 | 86 | 0.66 | 38.27 |
| Mass Media Exposure | ||||||
| None | 2.05 | 572 | 1.79 | 363 | -0.27 | -13.04 |
| Partial | 1.98 | 596 | 1.84 | 780 | -0.14 | -7.26 |
| Full | 1.94 | 140 | 2.01 | 221 | 0.07 | 3.63 |
| Standard Of Living Index | ||||||
| Low | 2.28 | 484 | 2.17 | 394 | -0.11 | -4.95 |
| Medium | 1.86 | 560 1.71 | 403 | -0.15 | -7.88 | |
| High | 1.93 | 253 | 1.63 | 462 | -0.30 | -15.30 |
| Currently Working | ||||||
| No | 1.86 | 735 | 1.74 | 766 | -0.12 | -6.70 |
| Yes | 2.23 | 572 | 2.02 | 596 | -0.21 | -9.39 |
| Total | 2.01 | 1308 | 1.85 | 1364 | -0.16 | -7.77 |