Table II. Childlessness 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 |
| 18 years and below | 2.83 | 1447 | 2.47 | 1361 | -0.36 | -12.84 |
| Above 18 years | 3.65 | 514 | 3.18 | 589 | -0.48 | -13.05 |
| Place Of Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 3.03 | 516 | 2.62 | 596 | -0.42 | -13.73 |
| Rural | 3.00 | 1445 | 2.66 | 1354 | -0.34 | -11.35 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 3.09 | 1652 | 2.71 | 1625 | -0.38 | -12.41 |
| Muslim | 2.54 | 204 | 2.28 | 219 | -0.27 | -10.45 |
| Christian | 3.46 | 55 | 2.95 | 48 | -0.51 | -14.77 |
| Others | 2.37 | 48 | 2.39 | 55 | 0.01 | 0.62 |
| Caste | ||||||
| Scheduled Caste | 3.07 | 362 | 2.64 | 361 | -0.43 | -13.95 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 4.09 | 230 | 3.61 | 218 | -0.48 | -11.76 |
| Others | 2.86 | 1346 | 2.56 | 1327 | -0.30 | -10.48 |
| Education | ||||||
| No Education | 3.38 | 1252 | 2.71 | 1034 | -0.66 | -19.63 |
| Primary | 2.47 | 275 | 2.66 | 301 | 0.19 | 7.49 |
| Secondary | 2.59 | 329 | 2.52 | 521 | -0.07 | -2.70 |
| Higher | 2.50 | 106 | 2.61 | 94 | 0.11 | 4.42 |
| Mass Media Exposure | ||||||
| None | 3.16 | 880 | 2.71 | 550 | -0.45 | -14.36 |
| Partial | 2.93 | 883 | 2.63 | 1113 | -0.31 | -10.45 |
| Full | 2.76 | 199 | 2.62 | 288 | -0.14 | -4.97 |
| Standard Of Living Index | ||||||
| Low | 3.61 | 765 | 3.32 | 603 | -0.29 | -7.96 |
| Medium | 2.82 | 851 | 2.52 | 590 | -0.31 | -10.81 |
| High | 2.52 | 331 | 2.14 | 606 | -0.38 | -15.08 |
| Currently Working | ||||||
| No | 2.78 | 1097 | 2.51 | 1110 | -0.26 | -9.41 |
| Yes | 3.37 | 864 | 2.85 | 838 | -0.52 | -15.52 |
| Total | 3.01 | 1962 | 2.65 | 1950 | -0.36 | -12.10 |