Background characteristics | Agra | Aligarh | Allahabad | Gorakhpur | Moradabad | Varanasi |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 28.9 | 30.4 | 24.5 | 28.2 | 20.7 | 34.0 |
Age group | ||||||
15–19 | 47.5 | 54.5 | 28.4 | 54.3 | 51.9 | 50.2 |
20–24 | 35.5 | 44.4 | 37.6 | 33.2 | 34.4 | 44.3 |
25–29 | 20.5 | 29.6 | 26.6 | 31.4 | 19.7 | 31.5 |
30–34 | 27.1 | 25.7 | 21.2 | 17.7 | 10.5 | 26.7 |
35–49 | 31.8 | 25.8 | 18.7 | 29.2 | 22.7 | 35.5 |
(χ2 = 44.37, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 35.83, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 42.42, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 31.10, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 39.92, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 28.49, p = 0.000) | |
Educational status | ||||||
No education | 39.7 | 41.3 | 49.4 | 36.9 | 29.6 | 45.6 |
Primary education | 34.3 | 30.6 | 20.6 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 36.1 |
Secondary education | 23.6 | 26.6 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 16.9 | 33.5 |
Higher education | 18.1 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 24.6 | 13.6 | 18.3 |
(χ2 = 63.51, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 100.10, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 107.74, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 17.45, p = 0.001) | (χ2 = 43.01, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 60.30, p = 0.000) | |
Place of residence | ||||||
Non-slum | 27.6 | 29.4 | 23.3 | 27.5 | 19.3 | 32.6 |
Slum | 33.1 | 32.3 | 34.9 | 35.2 | 30.2 | 37.5 |
(χ2 = 6.35, p = 0.007) | (χ2 = 0.70, p = 0.223) | (χ2 = 12.06, p = 0.001) | (χ2 = 3.64, p = 0.037) | (χ2 = 7.34, p = 0.006) | (χ2 = 3.88, p = 0.028) | |
No of living children | ||||||
No child | 58.6 | 54.9 | 45.9 | 83 | 66.3 | 57.2 |
One child | 29.4 | 32.7 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 22.1 | 35.6 |
Two children | 24.1 | 21.4 | 16.6 | 24 | 17.9 | 25.5 |
Three children | 27.5 | 27.2 | 26.3 | 22.5 | 15.6 | 31.9 |
Four & more than 4 children | 33 | 34.7 | 37.7 | 36.8 | 22.6 | 40.8 |
(χ2 = 19.02, p = 0.001) | (χ2 = 26.39, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 52.31, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 56.21, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 49.73, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 48.38, p = 0.000) | |
Religion | ||||||
Non muslim | 28.1 | 26.1 | 22.1 | 27.3 | 20.2 | 29.7 |
Muslim | 33.6 | 37.5 | 33.4 | 31.6 | 21.4 | 45.8 |
(χ2 = 4.06, p = 0.044) | (χ2 = 11.54, p = 0.001) | (χ2 = 18.84, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 0.25, p = 0.613) | (χ2 = 1.03, p = 0.308) | (χ2 = 26.11, p = 0.000) | |
Caste | ||||||
Sc/St | 32.6 | 31.9 | 35.5 | 31.9 | 25 | 42.2 |
OBC | 32.7 | 35.7 | 24.3 | 31.1 | 22.3 | 35.8 |
Others | 22.8 | 23.9 | 21.4 | 24 | 17.4 | 28.2 |
(χ2 = 16.95, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 15.38, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 22.86, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 11.91, p = 0.003) | (χ2 = 8.29, p = 0.016) | (χ2 = 11.42, p = 0.003) | |
Wealth index | ||||||
Poor | 35.9 | 43.5 | 38.4 | 34.1 | 29.2 | 42.1 |
Medium | 32.7 | 27.6 | 27 | 27.8 | 23.2 | 36.6 |
Rich | 21.4 | 20.3 | 16.6 | 24.1 | 13.4 | 26 |
(χ2 = 29.16, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 63.13, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 69.96, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 38.61, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 51.16, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 42.91, p = 0.000) | |
Media exposure | ||||||
No exposure | 39.8 | 42.7 | 33.7 | 37 | 29.1 | 44.6 |
Exposure to at least one form of media | 25.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 25.8 | 17 | 31.1 |
(χ2 = 29.32, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 74.44, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 28.72, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 37.59, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 21.78, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 32.02, p = 0.000) | |
Husband education | ||||||
Not educated | 41.7 | 42.8 | 45.5 | 36.8 | 29.4 | 43.1 |
Educated | 26.1 | 27 | 22.7 | 27.3 | 18.5 | 31.8 |
(χ2 = 26.26, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 21.98, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 52.58, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 17.48, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 26.35, p = 0.000) | (χ2 = 19.30, p = 0.000) |