Table 2.
Population characteristics by programme phase: Bihar, 2011–2017
| Characteristics | Initial eight programme districts |
Additional 30 districts |
All 38 districts |
|
| IFHI | TSU | TSU | TSU | |
| N | 10 408 | 13 767 | 48 918 | 62 685 |
| Age (years; %) | ||||
| <20 | 6.0 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 10.1 |
| 20–24 | 42.9 | 45.5 | 46.3 | 46.1 |
| 25–29 | 33.4 | 29.8 | 30.4 | 30.2 |
| 30–34 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| 35+ | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Mean (SE; years) | 24.9 (0.5) | 24.1 (0.4) | 24.3 (0.2) | 24.2 (0.2) |
| Religion (%) | ||||
| Hindu | 86.5 | 86.0 | 83.2 | 84.1 |
| Other* | 13.5 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 15.9 |
| Caste (%) | ||||
| Marginalised (Scheduled Caste/Tribe) | 26.8 | 24.7 | 27.7 | 27.0 |
| Non-marginalised | 73.2 | 75.3 | 72.3 | 73.0 |
| Household wealth index† | ||||
| Lowest tertile | 34.0 | 31.0 | 34.3 | 33.4 |
| Middle tertile | 33.2 | 36.1 | 33.4 | 34.1 |
| Highest tertile | 32.8 | 32.8 | 32.3 | 32.5 |
| Knows to read and write (%) | 36.4 | 43.6 | 45.0 | 44.6 |
| Education (completed years; %) | ||||
| No formal education | 63.6 | 56.7 | 55.8 | 56.1 |
| 1–8 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 19.5 | 20.0 |
| >8 | 15.1 | 21.9 | 24.7 | 24.0 |
| Husband knows to read and write (%) | 58.5 | 60.5 | 60.2 | 60.2 |
| Husband’s education (completed years; %) | ||||
| No formal education | 42.9 | 44.2 | 43.8 | 43.9 |
| 1–8 | 31.0 | 27.2 | 23.4 | 24. |
| >8 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 32.8 | 31.7 |
| Mean (SE) number of living children | 2.8 (0.2) | 2.8 (0.2) | 2.7 (0.1) | 2.7 (0.1) |
| Mean (SE) age of last born at the time of interview (days) | 42 (0.3) | 47 (0.3) | 47 (0.1) | 47 (0.1) |
All data are weighted.
*Includes Muslim, Christian, other religion.
†Household wealth index generated as time-varying price-weighted sum of 25 (IFHI phase) or 27 (scale-up phase) household items assessed.
IFHI, Integrated Family Health Initiative; TSU, Technical Support Unit.