Table 1. Socio-economic profile of the women aged 15–49 years in India, 2015–16.
| Background characteristics | Sample | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | ||
| Age (in years) | ||
| 15–24 | 244518 | 35.0 |
| 25–34 | 211812 | 30.3 |
| 35+ | 243357 | 34.8 |
| Educational status | ||
| Not educated | 192135 | 27.5 |
| Primary | 87233 | 12.5 |
| Secondary | 331037 | 47.3 |
| Higher | 89281 | 12.8 |
| Working status ^ | ||
| No | 92996 | 76.0 |
| Yes | 29355 | 24.0 |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married | 159035 | 22.7 |
| Currently married | 511373 | 73.1 |
| Others | 29279 | 4.2 |
| Media exposure | ||
| Not exposed | 132158 | 18.9 |
| Exposed | 567528 | 81.1 |
| Body Mass Index * | ||
| Underweight | 153331 | 21.9 |
| Normal | 390201 | 55.8 |
| Overweight | 105038 | 15.0 |
| Obese | 34269 | 4.9 |
| Behavioural characteristics | ||
| Smoke tobacco | ||
| No | 694274 | 99.2 |
| Yes | 5412 | 0.8 |
| Chew tobacco | ||
| No | 661453 | 94.5 |
| Yes | 38233 | 5.5 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||
| No | 691048 | 98.8 |
| Yes | 8638 | 1.2 |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Wealth status | ||
| Poorest | 124054 | 17.7 |
| Poorer | 136900 | 19.6 |
| Middle | 143814 | 20.6 |
| Richer | 147978 | 21.2 |
| Richest | 146939 | 21.0 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 563739 | 80.6 |
| Muslim | 96461 | 13.8 |
| Christian | 16620 | 2.4 |
| Others | 22866 | 3.3 |
| Caste | ||
| Scheduled Caste | 142619 | 20.4 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 64144 | 9.2 |
| Other Backward Class | 303837 | 43.4 |
| Others | 189086 | 27.0 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Urban | 242225 | 34.6 |
| Rural | 457461 | 65.4 |
| Regions | ||
| North | 95098 | 13.6 |
| Central | 165474 | 23.7 |
| East | 154698 | 22.1 |
| North East | 24615 | 3.5 |
| West | 100535 | 14.4 |
| South | 159266 | 22.8 |
| Total | 699686 | 100.0 |
*Sample is low due to missing cases
^The question was asked on state module therefore sample is low.