Table-1.
Distribution of sampled women (weighted) in reproductive ages (15–49 years) by background characteristics.
| Background Characteristics | NFHS–I |
NFHS-II |
NFHS-III |
NFHS-IV |
NFHS–V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample (%) | Sample (%) | Sample (%) | Sample (%) | Sample (%) | |
| Current Age | |||||
| 15–19 | 9098 (10.2) | 8275 (9.2) | 7133 (7.6) | 19,194 (3.8) | 15,897 (3) |
| 20–24 | 17,974 (20.1) | 16,583 (18.4) | 16,294 (17.3) | 78,800 (15.6) | 71,356 (13.4) |
| 25–29 | 17,439 (19.5) | 17,960 (19.9) | 18,163 (19.3) | 1,00,085 (19.8) | 1,02,068 (19.1) |
| 30–34 | 14,665 (16.4) | 15,288 (16.9) | 16,366 (17.4) | 88,867 (17.6) | 94,719 (17.7) |
| 35–39 | 12,461 (13.9) | 13,252 (14.7) | 14,813 (15.7) | 82,729 (16.4) | 92,831 (17.4) |
| 40–44 | 9755 (10.9) | 10,646 (11.8) | 12,222 (13) | 69,863 (13.8) | 77,467 (14.5) |
| 45–49 | 8046 (9.0) | 8272 (9.2) | 9203 (9.8) | 65,737 (13.0) | 80,331 (15.0) |
| Regions | |||||
| East | 14,440 (16.2) | 15,856 (17.6) | 14,418 (15.3) | 97,228 (19.2) | 91,620 (17.1) |
| West | 11,044 (12.4) | 10,480 (11.6) | 12,107 (12.9) | 41,825 (8.3) | 55,257 (10.3) |
| North | 20,221 (22.6) | 20,745 (23) | 17,428 (18.5) | 1,02,720 (20.3) | 1,04,584 (19.6) |
| South | 16,897 (18.9) | 15,965 (17.7) | 17,725 (18.8) | 64,652 (12.8) | 88,520 (16.6) |
| Central | 17,635 (19.7) | 16,217 (18,0) | 17,699 (18.8) | 1,33,558 (26.4) | 1,21,389 (22.7) |
| Northeast | 9200 (10.3) | 11,014 (12.2) | 14,817 (15.7) | 65,293 (12.9) | 73,300 (13.7) |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 23,418 (26.2) | 23,635 (26.2) | 28,860 (30.6) | 1,71,555 (34) | 1,69,621 (31.7) |
| Rural | 66,019 (73.8) | 66,642 (73.8) | 65,334 (69.4) | 3,33,721 (66.1) | 3,65,049 (68.3) |
| Level of Education | |||||
| No Education | 54,991 (61.7) | 48,227 (53.4) | 45,013 (47.8) | 1,63,529 (32.4) | 1,47,662 (27.6) |
| Primary | 14,578 (16.4) | 15,253 (16.9) | 14,641 (15.5) | 72,416 (14.3) | 74,824 (14.0) |
| Secondary | 16,588 (18.6) | 19,654 (21.8) | 29,163 (31.0) | 2,17,596 (43.1) | 2,44,461 (45.7) |
| Higher | 3010 (3.4) | 7120 (7.9) | 5370 (5.7) | 51,734 (10.2) | 67,723 (12.7) |
| Caste | |||||
| SC | 10,813 (12.1) | 16,560 (18.5) | 17,628 (19.4) | 1,02,394 (21.1) | 1,16,353 (22.9) |
| ST | 7881 (8.8) | 7873 (8.8) | 7685 (8.4) | 45,229 (9.3) | 49,118 (9.7) |
| OBC | 70,742 (79.1) | 29,782 (33.2) | 37,148 (40.8) | 2,19,730 (45.3) | 2,30,530 (45.3) |
| Others | 35,416 (39.5) | 28,580 (31.4) | 1,18,132 (24.3) | 1,12,966 (22.2) | |
| Religion | |||||
| Hindu | 73,321 (82) | 73,800 (81.8) | 76,782 (81.5) | 4,10,974 (81.4) | 4,38,248 (82) |
| Muslim | 10,734 (12.0) | 11,319 (12.5) | 12,318 (13.1) | 66,134 (13.1) | 69,751 (13.1) |
| Christian | 2135 (2.4) | 2286 (2.5) | 2088 (2.2) | 11,385 (2.3) | 11,834 (2.2) |
| Others | 3247 (3.6) | 2873 (3.2) | 3006 (3.2) | 16,576 (3.3) | 14,592 (2.7) |
| Wealth Index | |||||
| Poorest | 14,234 (15.9) | 14,331 (16.4) | 12,163 (12.9) | 99,500 (19.7) | 1,12,731 (21.1) |
| Poorer | 15,370 (17.2) | 15,217 (17.5) | 14,546 (15.4) | 1,07,846 (21.3) | 1,17,883 (22.1) |
| Middle | 17,861 (20.0) | 17,774 (20.6) | 18,193 (19.3) | 1,04,329 (20.7) | 1,11,480 (20.9) |
| Richer | 21,137 (23.6) | 20,503 (22.7) | 22,059 (23.4) | 98,848 (19.6) | 1,02,578 (19.2) |
| Richest | 20,836 (23.3) | 22,452 (22.8) | 27,233 (28.9) | 94,753 (18.8) | 89,998 (16.8) |
| Mass Media Exposure | |||||
| No | 42,274 (47.3) | 36,387 (40.3) | 24,606 (26.1) | 1,03,105 (20.4) | 1,27,484 (23.8) |
| Any | 47,112 (52.7) | 53,890 (59.7) | 69,588 (73.9) | 4,02,171 (79.6) | 4,07,186 (76.2) |
| Household Structure | |||||
| nuclear | 47,747 (50.7) | 23,8582 (47.2) | 2,50,551 (46.9) | ||
| non-nuclear | 46,447 (49.3) | 2,66,694 (52.8) | 2,84,119 (53.1) | ||
| Prior Relationship to Husband | |||||
| No | 4,34,189 (85.9) | 4,65,596 (87.1) | |||
| Yes | 71,087 (14.1) | 69,074 (12.9) | |||
| Total | 89,437 (100) | 90,277 (100) | 94,194 (100) | 5,05,276 (100) | 5,34,670 (100) |
Note: Total may not add up to N due to missing cases.