Age at first marriage (years) | ||||
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Characteristics | ≤14 | 15–17 | ≥18 | All women |
Age at first birth (years)* | ||||
≤14 | 20.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.2 |
15 | 23.2 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 5.9 |
16 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 0.1 | 8.5 |
17 | 14.2 | 22.8 | 0.3 | 11.9 |
18 | 8.5 | 25.4 | 3.2 | 13.0 |
≥19 | 14.1 | 35.9 | 96.2 | 56.5 |
Mean age at first birth (years) (SD) | 16.3 (2.5) | 18.2 (2.1) | 22.1 (3.0) | 19.4 (3.5) |
Mean number of children ever born (SD) | 3.6 (2.0) | 3.0 (2.0) | 2.4 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.9) |
Pregnancy complication† | ||||
No complication | 45.5 | 44.5 | 43.8 | 44.4 |
Any complication | 54.5 | 55.5 | 56.2 | 55.6 |
Wantedness of child* | ||||
Unwanted/mistimed | 24.1 | 23.2 | 20.0 | 22.1 |
Wanted | 75.9 | 76.8 | 80.0 | 77.9 |
Any abortion | ||||
No | 80.6 | 81.7 | 81.6 | 81.4 |
Yes | 19.4 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 18.6 |
Any stillbirth* | ||||
No | 97.5 | 97.8 | 98.1 | 97.9 |
Yes | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
BMI of women (kg/m2)* | ||||
Underweight/thin (<18.5) | 46.3 | 44.4 | 33.2 | 40.1 |
Normal (18.5–24.9) | 50.3 | 50.7 | 53.6 | 51.9 |
Overweight/obese (≥25.0) | 3.4 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 8.0 |
Anaemia among women (g/dl)* | ||||
Severe (<7.0) | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
Moderate (7.0–9.9) | 19.8 | 19.2 | 15.3 | 17.7 |
Mild (10.0–11.9) | 41.4 | 41.2 | 39.2 | 40.4 |
Not anaemic (>12.0) | 36.7 | 37.7 | 44.0 | 40.1 |
RHI* | ||||
Poor | 40.8 | 23.5 | 11.5 | 21.9 |
Average | 48.7 | 56.2 | 57.5 | 55.3 |
High | 10.5 | 20.3 | 31.0 | 22.8 |
Total‡ | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Sample | 7472 | 15 533 | 16 021 | 39 026 |
Pregnancy complication is based on information for most recent birth. BMI excludes women who were pregnant at the time of the survey and women who gave birth during the 2 months preceding the survey. Prevalence of anaemia in women is based on women who stayed in the household the night before the interview, excluding Nagaland.
↵* χ2 test significant at the 1% significance level.
↵† χ2 test significant at the 5% significance level.
↵‡ Total may not equal 100 on account of missing cases. Values in parentheses represent standard deviation.
BMI, body mass index; RHI, Reproductive Health Index; SD, standard deviation.