Table 1 Characteristics and fertility intentions of sampled women living in four cities in urban Uttar Pradesh, India, 2010 and 2012
From: Understanding patterns of temporary method use among urban women from Uttar Pradesh, India
Characteristic* | Full sample @ mid-term N = 5,790** (100%) | Sterilized @ start of calendar n = 1,135 (19.6%) | No use during calendar n = 1,406 (24.3%) | Temporary method use during calendar | Sterilized during calendar n = 137 (2.4%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Condom n = 948 (16.4%) | Traditional n = 977 (16.9%) | Other modern^ n = 407 (7.0%) | Multiple reversible methods^^ n = 148 (2.6%) | |||||
Mean age (years) | 36.1 | 39.1 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 33.1 | 31.1 | 31.5 |
Education | ||||||||
None | 28.9 | 37.2 | 34.1 | 12.2 | 25.9 | 19.2 | 24.5 | 36.1 |
1-11 years | 36.5 | 43.1 | 35.9 | 34.0 | 35.7 | 33.4 | 38.1 | 36.2 |
12+ years | 34.6 | 19.7 | 30.0 | 53.8 | 38.4 | 47.4 | 37.4 | 27.7 |
Mean parity (# live births) | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
Household wealth | ||||||||
Poorest | 17.3 | 19.0 | 25.0 | 10.2 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 24.7 |
Poor | 19.8 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 14.6 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 27.0 |
Medium | 20.6 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 15.4 | 25.3 | 20.1 |
Rich | 20.6 | 17.4 | 18.9 | 27.7 | 21.5 | 23.1 | 14.4 | 13.7 |
Richest | 21.7 | 20.2 | 15.9 | 28.0 | 20.8 | 24.9 | 21.9 | 14.5 |
Caste (Baseline) | ||||||||
Scheduled caste or tribe | 22.1 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 16.1 | 21.3 | 30.3 |
Other BW caste | 40.5 | 32.7 | 41.1 | 36.3 | 34.5 | 46.0 | 42.3 | 41.7 |
DK/None of above | 40.0 | 41.0 | 35.0 | 47.6 | 41.9 | 37.9 | 36.4 | 28.0 |
City | ||||||||
Agra | 34.1 | 32.2 | 34.1 | 32.9 | 37.8 | 32.1 | 24.5 | 45.9 |
Aligarh | 16.7 | 8.9 | 23.3 | 19.9 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 10.9 |
Allahabad | 28.5 | 34.2 | 22.9 | 29.0 | 26.5 | 26.1 | 36.1 | 21.8 |
Gorakhpur | 20.7 | 24.8 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 18.1 | 21.4 |
Residence | ||||||||
Slum | 16.2 | 16.7 | 19.9 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 22.9 |
Non-slum | 83.8 | 83.3 | 80.1 | 86.0 | 85.3 | 86.4 | 86.9 | 77.1 |
Fertility intentions (Baseline) | ||||||||
Wants now, within 2 yrs | 8.6 | 0.1 | 23.0 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 9.5 |
Wants 2+ yrs | 12.5 | 0.1 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 18.3 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 8.9 |
Wants no more | 45.7 | 3.9 | 46.9 | 69.7 | 70.9 | 79.0 | 78.4 | 62.4 |
Can’t get pregnant/ DK | 33.2 | 96.0 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 19.2 |