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. 2017 Oct 26;28:178. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.178.13993

Table 2.

Child marriages of girls in rural and urban areas of some states and UTs of India

Sr. No. State Child marriages in women (%) χ2 P value
Urban Rural
1 Maharashtra 18.8 31.5 3.636 0.028
2 Bihar 26.9 40.9 3.771 0.026
3 West Bengal 27.7 46.3 6.644 0.005
4 Madhya Pradesh 16.6 35.8 8.566 0.002
5 Tamil Nadu 13 18.3 0.7 0.201
6 Karnataka 17.9 27 1.884 0.085
7 Andhra Pradesh 26.3 35.5 1.575 0.105
8 Telangana 15.7 35 8.848 0.001
9 Assam 23.9 33.9 1.971 0.08
10 Haryana 19.6 17.8 0.021 0.442
11 Uttarakhand 12.2 14.8 0.11 0.37
12 Tripura 25.6 34.8 1.595 0.104
13 Meghalaya 7.8 19.3 4.706 0.015
14 Manipur 11 14.3 0.239 0.312
15 Goa 14.8 2.7 7.716 0.003
16 Puducherry 10.9 10.2 0.005 0.473
17 Sikkim 16.1 13.6 0.089 0.382
18 Andaman and Nicobar 11.9 20.4 2.077 0.075