Journal of Population Sciences
 | India | North | Central | East | Northeast | West | South |
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N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Maternal characteristics | |||||||
Age at first birth (in years) | |||||||
Less than 18 | 53,340 (22.82) | 7506 (17.24) | 14,656 (22.08) | 14,152 (28.69) | 8617 (25.36) | 3841 (22.77) | 4568 (19.30) |
19 to 24 | 144,235 [61.70] | 27,898 [64.06] | 44,110 [66.44] | 29,861 [60.55] | 17,808 [52.42] | 10,262 [60.85] | 14,296 [60.40] |
15 to 29 | 29,557 [12.64] | 6843 [15.71] | 6525 [9.83] | 4381 [8.88] | 5551 [16.34] | 2287 [13.56] | 3970 [16.77] |
30 and above | 6631 (2.84) | 1302 (2.99) | 1095 (1.65) | 926 (1.88) | 1997 (5.88) | 475 (2.82) | 836 (3.53) |
Level of schooling | |||||||
No schooling | 74,456 (31.85) | 13,373 (30.71) | 25,999 (39.16) | 22,015 (44.64) | 7047 (20.74) | 2994 (17.75) | 3028 (12.79) |
Primary | 34,097 (14.59) | 5698 (13.08) | 11,022 (16.60) | 6798 (13.78) | 6149 (18.10) | 2296 (13.61) | 2134 (9.02) |
Secondary | 103,976 (44.48) | 18,995 (43.62) | 23,894 (35.99) | 18,094 (36.69) | 18,613 (54.79) | 9967 (59.10) | 14,413 (60.89) |
Higher | 21,234 (9.08) | 5483 (12.59) | 5471 (8.24) | 2413 (4.89) | 2164 (6.37) | 1608 (9.53) | 4095 (17.30) |
Marital status | |||||||
Currently married | 230,093 (98.43) | 43,137 (99.05) | 65,630 (98.86) | 48,728 (98.80) | 32,672 (96.17) | 16,573 (98.27) | 23,353 (98.66) |
Not currently married | 3670 (1.57) | 412 (0.95) | 756 (1.14) | 592 (1.20) | 1301 (3.83) | 292 (1.73) | 317 (1.34) |
Wealth index | |||||||
Poorest | 63,473 (27.15) | 5008 (11.50) | 23,174 (34.91) | 24,748 (50.18) | 7071 (20.81) | 2285 (13.55) | 1187 (5.01) |
Poorer | 55,430 (23.71) | 8227 (18.89) | 15,947 (24.02) | 12,109 (24.55) | 11,362 (33.44) | 3655 (21.67) | 4130 (17.45) |
Middle | 46,161 (19.75) | 9307 (21.37) | 10,937 (16.47) | 6713 (13.61) | 8182 (24.08) | 4077 (24.17) | 6945 (29.34) |
Richer | 38,031 (16.27) | 9359 (21.49) | 8701 (13.11) | 3974 (8.06) | 5075 (14.94) | 3832 (22.72) | 7090 (29.95) |
Richest | 30,668 (13.12) | 11,648 (26.75) | 7627 (11.49) | 1776 (3.60) | 2283 (6.72) | 3016 (17.88) | 4318 (18.24) |
Religion | |||||||
Hindu | 168,443 (72.06) | 30,187 (69.32) | 56,473 (85.07) | 39,538 (80.17) | 9575 (28.18) | 13,755 (81.56) | 18,915 (79.91) |
Muslim | 36,455 (15.59) | 9251 (21.24) | 9494 (14.30) | 7414 (15.03) | 4829 (14.21) | 2087 (12.37) | 3380 (14.28) |
Christian | 19,571 (8.37) | 84 (0.19) | 196 (0.30) | 1016 (2.06) | 16,733 (49.25) | 200 (1.19) | 1342 (5.67) |
Others | 9294 (3.98) | 4027 (9.25) | 223 (0.34) | 1352 (2.74) | 2836 (8.35) | 823 (4.88) | 33 (0.14) |
Caste | |||||||
Scheduled Caste | 43,857 (18.76) | 10,116 (23.23) | 13,661 (20.58) | 10,463 (21.21) | 1906 (5.61) | 2322 (13.77) | 5389 (22.77) |
Scheduled Tribe | 48,962 (20.95) | 4631 (10.63) | 10,499 (15.82) | 7734 (15.68) | 20,723 (61.00) | 3529 (20.92) | 1846 (7.80) |
Others | 140,944 (60.29) | 28,802 (66.14) | 42,226 (63.61) | 31,123 (63.10) | 11,344 (33.39) | 11,014 (65.31) | 16,435 (69.43) |
Child characteristics | |||||||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 121,972 (52.18) | 23,180 (53.23) | 34,837 (52.48) | 25,569 (51.84) | 17,407 (51.24) | 8805 (52.21) | 12,174 (51.43) |
Female | 111,791 (47.82) | 20,369 (46.77) | 31,549 (47.52) | 23,751 (48.16) | 16,566 (48.76) | 8060 (47.79) | 11,496 (48.57) |
Type of birth | |||||||
Singleton birth | 229,855 (98.33) | 42,825 (98.34) | 65,242 (98.28) | 48,409 (98.15) | 33,516 (98.65) | 16,594 (98.39) | 23,269 (98.31) |
Multiple birth | 3908 (1.67) | 724 (1.66) | 1144 (1.72) | 911 (1.85) | 457 (1.35) | 271 (1.61) | 401 (1.69) |
Birth order | |||||||
1 | 85,097 (36.40) | 16,686 (38.32) | 21,902 (32.99) | 16,787 (34.04) | 12,122 (35.68) | 6897 (40.90) | 10,703 (45.22) |
2 | 71,527 (30.60) | 13,901 (31.92) | 19,176 (28.89) | 14,290 (28.97) | 9097 (26.78) | 5836 (34.60) | 9227 (38.98) |
3 to 4 | 57,322 (24.52) | 10,065 (23.11) | 17,881 (26.93) | 13,502 (27.38) | 8905 (26.21) | 3519 (20.87) | 3450 (14.58) |
5 and above | 19,817 (8.48) | 2897 (6.65) | 7427 (11.19) | 4741 (9.61) | 3849 (11.33) | 613 (3.63) | 290 (1.23) |
Birthsize | |||||||
Less than average | 33,759 (14.44) | 5533 (12.71) | 10,184 (15.34) | 7102 (14.40) | 6431 (18.93) | 2259 (13.39) | 2250 (9.51) |
Average | 160,057 (68.47) | 32,769 (75.25) | 46,990 (70.78) | 33,524 (67.97) | 21,874 (64.39) | 10,354 (61.39) | 14,546 (61.45) |
Above average | 39,947 (17.09) | 5247 (12.05) | 9212 (13.88) | 8694 (17.63) | 5668 (16.68) | 4252 (25.21) | 6874 (29.04) |
Previous birth interval | |||||||
First-order birth | 85,779 (36.69) | 16,856 (38.71) | 22,056 (33.22) | 16,909 (34.28) | 12,201 (35.91) | 6950 (41.21) | 10,807 (45.66) |
Less than 12Â months | 2638 (1.13) | 464 (1.07) | 988 (1.49) | 613 (1.24) | 266 (0.78) | 120 (0.71) | 187 (0.79) |
12 to 23Â months | 37,184 (15.91) | 7086 (16.27) | 12,176 (18.34) | 7759 (15.73) | 4463 (13.14) | 2381 (14.12) | 3319 (14.02) |
24 to 35Â months | 47,098 (20.15) | 8444 (19.39) | 14,796 (22.29) | 10,480 (21.25) | 6176 (18.18) | 3257 (19.31) | 3945 (16.67) |
36 to 47Â months | 26,566 (11.36) | 4706 (10.81) | 7734 (11.65) | 6223 (12.62) | 3960 (11.66) | 1825 (10.82) | 2118 (8.95) |
48 to 59Â months | 14,396 (6.16) | 2569 (5.90) | 3887 (5.86) | 3229 (6.55) | 2486 (7.32) | 983 (5.83) | 1242 (5.25) |
60 to 85Â months | 12,852 (5.50) | 2231 (5.12) | 3184 (4.80) | 2717 (5.51) | 2660 (7.83) | 849 (5.03) | 1211 (5.12) |
86Â months and above | 7250 (3.10) | 1193 (2.74) | 1565 (2.36) | 1390 (2.82) | 1761 (5.18) | 500 (2.96) | 841 (3.55) |
Mode of delivery | |||||||
Non-Caesarean | 202,681 (86.70) | 37,037 (85.05) | 60,636 (91.34) | 44,571 (90.37) | 30,410 (89.51) | 14,080 (83.49) | 15,947 (67.37) |
Caesarean | 31,082 (13.30) | 6512 (14.95) | 5750 (8.66) | 4749 (9.63) | 3563 (10.49) | 2785 (16.51) | 7723 (32.63) |
Assistance during delivery | |||||||
Skilled personnel | 181,262 (77.54) | 36,600 (84.04) | 48,430 (72.95) | 36,749 (74.51) | 22,057 (64.93) | 14,761 (87.52) | 22,665 (95.75) |
Unskilled personnel | 52,501 (22.46) | 6949 (15.96) | 17,956 (27.05) | 12,571 (25.49) | 11,916 (35.07) | 2104 (12.48) | 1005 (4.25) |
History of sibling’s death | |||||||
No | 207,020 (88.56) | 39,475 (90.65) | 55,267 (83.25) | 43,002 (87.19) | 30,965 (91.15) | 15,735 (93.30) | 22,576 (95.38) |
Yes | 26,743 (11.44) | 4074 (9.35) | 11,119 (16.75) | 6318 (12.81) | 3008 (8.85) | 1130 (6.70) | 1094 (4.62) |
Total | 233,763 | 43,549 | 66,386 | 49,320 | 33,973 | 16,865 | 23,670 |