Table 1 Percentage distribution of women according to different characteristics
Background characteristics | Agra | Aligarh | Allahabad | Gorakhpur | Moradabad | Varanasi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | |||||||
15–19 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
20–24 | 17.2 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
25–29 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 21.7 | 20.6 |
30–34 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 |
35–49 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 43.2 | 44.3 | 45.2 | 43.9 | 42.6 |
Educational status | |||||||
No education | 38.0 | 42.3 | 22.0 | 26.9 | 36.0 | 32.1 | 32.3 |
Primary education | 9.8 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 9.8 |
Secondary education | 33.9 | 28.8 | 35.7 | 39.3 | 33.9 | 38.3 | 34.9 |
Higher education | 18.2 | 19.7 | 32.8 | 25.5 | 20.8 | 16.9 | 22.8 |
Place of residence | |||||||
Non Slum | 75.0 | 81.3 | 89.2 | 90.3 | 86.8 | 73.9 | 81.7 |
Slum | 25.0 | 18.7 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 26.1 | 18.3 |
No of living children | |||||||
No child | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 |
One child | 16.7 | 12.4 | 17.8 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 15.8 |
Two children | 24.9 | 21.1 | 30.0 | 25.8 | 23.3 | 25.4 | 25.5 |
Three children | 18.6 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 19.3 |
Four & more than 4 children | 31.1 | 37.8 | 24.3 | 26.9 | 32.5 | 32.2 | 30.3 |
Religion | |||||||
Non muslim | 87.2 | 66.6 | 81.0 | 81.5 | 62.6 | 77.8 | 78.5 |
Muslim | 12.8 | 33.4 | 19.0 | 18.5 | 37.4 | 22.2 | 21.5 |
Caste | |||||||
Sc/St | 30.8 | 20.7 | 15.3 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 18.5 |
OBC | 32.2 | 39.3 | 40.0 | 47.2 | 48.8 | 54.2 | 42.9 |
Others | 37.0 | 40.0 | 44.7 | 40.0 | 37.6 | 33.5 | 38.6 |
Wealth index | |||||||
Poor | 37.5 | 36.9 | 32.9 | 38.4 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 36.7 |
Medium | 19.9 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 20.4 |
Rich | 42.6 | 42.5 | 45.2 | 41.6 | 43.2 | 41.7 | 42.8 |
Media exposure | |||||||
No exposure | 19.4 | 21.4 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 22.1 | 19.9 | 27.9 |
Exposure to at least one form of media | 80.6 | 78.6 | 89.7 | 89.0 | 77.9 | 80.1 | 72.1 |
Husband education | |||||||
Not educated | 27.1 | 42.1 | 27.0 | 22.8 | 33.4 | 22.9 | 17.0 |
Educated | 72.9 | 57.9 | 73.0 | 77.2 | 66.6 | 77.1 | 83.0 |