From: Health workers’ outreach and intention to use contraceptives among married women in India
Characteristics | 2005–06 | 2015–16 | P-value* |
---|---|---|---|
Age of women | |||
15–24 years | 41.9 | 30.7 | < 0.001 |
25–34 years | 31.9 | 36.9 | < 0.001 |
35–49 years | 26.2 | 32.4 | < 0.001 |
Parity | |||
0 child | 23.1 | 20.7 | < 0.001 |
1 child | 25.0 | 27.1 | 0.899 |
2 children | 19.0 | 24.6 | < 0.001 |
3 + children | 32.9 | 27.7 | < 0.001 |
Education | |||
Uneducated | 52.0 | 32.8 | < 0.001 |
1–10 years of schooling | 38.6 | 45.7 | < 0.001 |
10+ years of schooling | 9.5 | 21.5 | < 0.001 |
Current working status | |||
Not working | 60.6 | 76.2 | < 0.001 |
Working | 39.4 | 23.8 | < 0.001 |
Place of residence | |||
Rural | 74.6 | 69.2 | < 0.001 |
Urban | 25.4 | 30.8 | < 0.001 |
Household wealth quintiles | |||
Poorest | 24.8 | 22.6 | < 0.001 |
Poorer | 22.3 | 20.4 | < 0.001 |
Middle | 19.9 | 19.5 | 0.465 |
Richer | 17.5 | 19.4 | < 0.001 |
Richest | 15.6 | 18.1 | < 0.001 |
Caste | |||
Scheduled Castes | 19.7 | 20.6 | < 0.05 |
Scheduled Tribes | 10.0 | 10.4 | < 0.001 |
Other Backward Castes | 43.1 | 47.8 | < 0.001 |
Other | 27.1 | 21.2 | < 0.001 |
Religion | |||
Hindu | 78.8 | 79.9 | < 0.001 |
Muslim | 16.4 | 15.5 | < 0.001 |
Other | 4.9 | 4.6 | < 0.001 |
Region of the country | |||
North | 13.2 | 11.0 | < 0.001 |
Central | 28.2 | 25.2 | < 0.001 |
East | 26.4 | 25.9 | < 0.001 |
Northeast | 3.7 | 3.7 | < 0.001 |
West | 11.1 | 12.7 | < 0.001 |
South | 17.5 | 21.5 | < 0.001 |
Total number (unweighted) | 37,296 | 247,024 |