Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the study participants in India

N

N

N

N

N

N

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Caste

Scheduled Castes

35,151

35,271

753

824

1,848

1,469

(19.2)

(21.0)

(11.1)

(13.0)

(30.0)

(28.2)

Scheduled Tribes

37,856

35,379

2,858

2,779

111

91

(20.7)

(21.1)

(42.1)

(43.8)

(1.8)

(1.7)

Other Backward Castes

74,033

67,024

2,683

2,523

4,111

3,572

(40.5)

(39.9)

(39.5)

(39.8)

(66.8)

(68.4)

Others

35,869

30,373

495

220

89

87

(19.6)

(18.1)

(7.3)

(3.5)

(1.5)

(1.7)

Religion

Hindu

1,38,263

1,29,944

6,477

6,326

5,532

4,766

(72.5)

(73.5)

(95.2)

(96.9)

(89.5)

(91.2)

Muslim

29,300

25,234

168

78

323

207

(15.4)

(14.3)

(2.5)

(1.2)

(5.2)

(4.0)

Others

23,234

21,665

159

122

323

255

(12.2)

(12.3)

(2.4)

(1.9)

(5.2)

(4.9)

Type of Residence

Urban

47,814

37,975

1,669

1,088

2,685

2,110

(25.1)

(21.5)

(24.5)

(16.7)

(43.5)

(40.4)

Rural

1,42,983

1,38,868

5,135

5,438

3,493

3,118

(74.9)

(78.5)

(75.5)

(83.3)

(56.5)

(59.6)

Woman’s education level

Illiterate

55,105

35,976

1,720

1,528

343

84

(28.9)

(20.3)

(25.3)

(23.4)

(5.6)

(1.6)

Primary

26,696

21,737

1,327

853

430

240

(14.0)

(12.3)

(19.5)

(13.1)

(7.0)

(4.6)

Secondary

88,847

92,624

3,191

3,519

3,976

2,797

(46.6)

(52.4)

(46.9)

(53.9)

(64.4)

(53.5)

Higher

20,149

26,506

566

626

1,429

2,107

(10.6)

(15.0)

(8.3)

(9.6)

(23.1)

(40.3)

Age at marriage

Below 18 Years

66,368

53,629

2,223

1,710

1,200

791

(35.6)

(30.3)

(33.3)

(26.2)

(19.7)

(15.1)

18 Years or Above

1,21,174

1,23,214

4,459

4,808

4,878

4,436

(64.6)

(69.7)

(66.7)

(73.8)

(80.3)

(84.9)

Exposure to media

Nil

49,336

48,997

1,359

1,965

114

204

(25.9)

(27.7)

(20.0)

(30.1)

(1.9)

(3.9)

Partial

1,26,851

1,15,724

5,079

4,202

5,019

4,536

(66.5)

(65.4)

(74.7)

(64.4)

(81.2)

(86.8)

Full

14,610

12,122

366

359

1,045

488

(7.7)

(6.9)

(5.4)

(5.5)

(16.9)

(9.3)

Number of ANC visits

0

35,395

11,462

305

339

566

185

(18.6)

(6.5)

(4.5)

(5.2)

(9.2)

(3.5)

1–3

65,964

61,586

2,630

2,191

621

254

(34.6)

(34.8)

(38.7)

(33.6)

(10.1)

(4.9)

4+

89,438

1,03,795

3,869

3,996

4,991

4,789

(46.9)

(58.7)

(56.9)

(61.2)

(80.8)

(91.6)

Woman’s age

15–24

62,079

53,635

2,264

1,847

1,996

1,467

(32.5)

(30.3)

(33.3)

(28.3)

(32.3)

(28.1)

25–34

1,07,471

1,04,032

3,934

4,041

3,828

3,339

(56.3)

(58.8)

(57.8)

(61.9)

(62.0)

(63.9)

35–49

21,247

19,176

606

638

354

422

(11.1)

(10.9)

(8.9)

(9.8)

(5.7)

(8.1)

Size of child at birth

Small

22,722

17,696

628

665

574

471

(12.2)

(10.1)

(9.4)

(10.2)

(9.3)

(9.0)

Average

1,30,586

1,24,392

5,107

4,465

4,008

3,899

(69.9)

(71.2)

(76.3)

(68.6)

(65.0)

(74.6)

Large

33,476

32,619

957

1,375

1,582

855

(17.9)

(18.7)

(14.3)

(21.1)

(25.7)

(16.4)

Woman’s BMI

Underweight

43,161

35,426

1,789

1,651

871

609

(22.9)

(20.0)

(26.5)

(25.9)

(14.3)

(11.9)

Normal

1,39,472

1,08,342

4,859

4,624

4,775

3,843

(74.1)

(61.3)

(71.9)

(72.5)

(78.2)

(75.2)

Overweight

5,569

33,075

107

101

464

661

(3.0)

(18.7)

(1.6)

(1.6)

(7.6)

(12.9)

Pregnancy complications

No

1,10,217

1,07,010

3,827

4,358

3,429

3,623

(57.8)

(60.5)

(56.3)

(66.8)

(55.5)

(69.3)

Present

80,580

69,833

2,977

2,168

2,749

1,605

(42.2)

(39.5)

(43.8)

(33.2)

(44.5)

(30.7)

Ever had a terminated pregnancy

No

1,60,970

1,50,580

5,801

5,957

5,304

4,335

(84.4)

(85.2)

(85.3)

(91.3)

(85.9)

(82.9)

Yes

29,827

26,263

1,003

569

874

893

(15.6)

(14.9)

(14.7)

(8.7)

(14.2)

(17.1)

Birth Order

1

61,803

59,620

2,184

2,156

2,496

2,112

(32.4)

(33.7)

(32.1)

(33.0)

(40.4)

(40.4)

2

62,468

62,370

2,374

2,280

2,823

2,451

(32.7)

(35.3)

(34.9)

(34.9)

(45.7)

(46.9)

3

33,041

29,883

1,263

1,201

709

576

(17.3)

(16.9)

(18.6)

(18.4)

(11.5)

(11.0)

4+

33,485

24,970

983

889

150

89

(17.6)

(14.1)

(14.5)

(13.6)

(2.4)

(1.7)

Wealth quintile

Poor

90,463

85,348

4,061

4,112

1,134

901

(47.4)

(48.3)

(59.7)

(63.0)

(18.4)

(17.2)

Non-poor

1,00,334

91,495

2,743

2,414

5,044

4,327

(52.6)

(51.7)

(40.3)

(37.0)

(81.7)

(82.8)

Place of delivery

Public

1,05,615

1,14,952

3,905

4,684

4,069

3,445

(71.3)

(74.1)

(79.2)

(84.3)

(66.4)

(66.1)

Private

42,570

40,280

1,023

874

2,061

1,766

(28.7)

(26.0)

(20.8)

(15.7)

(33.6)

(33.9)