Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of sample population of women
| Characteristic | N=13 705 (%) |
| Maternal age (years) | |
| 15–19 | 297 (2.17) |
| 20–24 | 3133 (22.86) |
| 25–29 | 4986 (36.38) |
| 30–34 | 3151 (22.99) |
| 35–39 | 1434 (10.46) |
| >=40 | 703 (5.13) |
| Education | |
| No education | 4590 (33.49) |
| 1–5 years | 2009 (14.66) |
| 6–11 years | 5022 (36.64) |
| 12 years or more | 2076 (15.15) |
| Missing | 8 (0.06) |
| Caste | |
| Forward caste | 3459 (25.24) |
| Other backward castes | 5858 (42.74) |
| Scheduled castes | 3180 (23.20) |
| Scheduled tribes | 1181 (8.62) |
| Missing | 27 (0.20) |
| Religion | |
| Hindu | 11 011 (80.34) |
| Muslim | 2094 (15.28) |
| Others religions | 600 (4.38) |
| States | – |
| Other states | 5930 (43.27) |
| High-focus states | 7260 (52.97) |
| Northeast states | 515 (3.76) |
| Urban/rural | |
| Rural | 9757 (71.19) |
| Urban | 3948 (28.81) |
| Wealth quintile | |
| Lowest | 3747 (27.34) |
| Lower | 2900 (21.16) |
| Middle | 2524 (18.42) |
| Richer | 2375 (17.33) |
| Richest | 2159 (15.57) |
| Parity (mean (SD)) | 2.589 (1.68) |