Table 2. Percentage of women aged 15–49 years suffering from multi-morbidity in India, 2015–16.
| Background characteristics | Percentage | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | ||
| Age (in years) | 0.001 | |
| 15–24 | 0.4 | |
| 25–34 | 1.0 | |
| 35+ | 3.5 | |
| Educational status | 0.001 | |
| Not educated | 1.9 | |
| Primary | 2.1 | |
| Secondary | 1.5 | |
| Higher | 1.2 | |
| Working status | 0.042 | |
| No | 1.5 | |
| Yes | 1.6 | |
| Marital status | 0.001 | |
| Never married | 0.4 | |
| Currently married | 1.9 | |
| Others | 3.3 | |
| Media exposure | 0.001 | |
| Not exposed | 1.3 | |
| Exposed | 1.7 | |
| Body Mass Index | 0.001 | |
| Underweight | 0.6 | |
| Normal | 1.2 | |
| Overweight | 3.4 | |
| Obese | 6.4 | |
| Behavioural characteristics | ||
| Smoke tobacco | 0.001 | |
| No | 1.6 | |
| Yes | 4.2 | |
| Chew tobacco | 0.001 | |
| No | 1.6 | |
| Yes | 2.5 | |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.001 | |
| No | 1.6 | |
| Yes | 3.2 | |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Wealth status | 0.001 | |
| Poorest | 1.1 | |
| Poorer | 1.2 | |
| Middle | 1.5 | |
| Richer | 2.0 | |
| Richest | 2.3 | |
| Religion | 0.001 | |
| Hindu | 1.5 | |
| Muslim | 2.1 | |
| Christian | 2.7 | |
| Others | 1.6 | |
| Caste | 0.001 | |
| Scheduled Caste | 1.5 | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 1.1 | |
| Other Backward Class | 1.6 | |
| Others | 2.0 | |
| Place of residence | 0.001 | |
| Urban | 2.1 | |
| Rural | 1.4 | |
| Regions | 0.001 | |
| North | 1.4 | |
| Central | 1.2 | |
| East | 1.8 | |
| North East | 1.6 | |
| West | 1.1 | |
| South | 2.4 | |
| Total | 1.6 |