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. 2023 Feb 10;22:101363. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101363

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.