Table 1 Distribution of characteristics of young married Indian women by preferred waiting time for first childbirth
Proportion of women by preferred waiting time for first childbirth N (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
< 2 years 12,934 (78.50) | ≥2 years 3541 (21.50) | p-value* | |
Age group (years) | < 0.01 | ||
15–19 | 4700 (73.4) | 1695 (26.6) | |
20–24 | 8234 (81.4) | 1846 (18.6) | |
Place of residence | < 0.01 | ||
Rural | 10,036 (78.7) | 2739 (21.3) | |
Urban | 2898 (76.6) | 802 (23.4) | |
Religion | < 0.01 | ||
Hindu | 10,354 (77.2) | 3029 (22.8) | |
Muslim | 1796 (83.3) | 342 (16.7) | |
Other | 784 (81.1) | 170 (18.9) | |
Castea | < 0.01 | ||
SC/ST | 4554 (79.7) | 1102 (20.3) | |
OBC | 5691 (78.50) | 1642 (21.50) | |
General | 2239 (75.4) | 687 (24.6) | |
Education level | < 0.01 | ||
No education | 2251 (86.4) | 347 (13.6) | |
Primary | 1453 (85.2) | 274 (14.8) | |
Secondary | 7499 (77.1) | 2221 (22.9) | |
Higher | 1731 (71.2) | 699 (28.8) | |
Wealth index | < 0.01 | ||
Poorest | 2835 (79.2) | 677 (20.8) | |
Poorer | 3028 (78.9) | 811 (21.1) | |
Middle | 2721 (78.5) | 756 (21.5) | |
Richer | 2372 (78.9) | 659 (21.1) | |
Richest | 1978 (74.8) | 638 (25.2) | |
Media exposure to family planning | < 0.01 | ||
No | 4753 (79.9) | 1149 (20.1) | |
Yes | 8181 (77.3) | 2392 (22.7) | |
Age at marriage (years) | 0.30 | ||
0–17 | 3687 (77.7) | 1022 (22.3) | |
18–24 | 9247 (78.4) | 2519 (21.6) | |
Husband’s education levelb | < 0.01 | ||
No education | 240 (85.8) | 38 (14.2) | |
Primary | 251 (81.6) | 44 (18.4) | |
Secondary | 1322 (78.1) | 358 (21.9) | |
Higher | 389 (71.6) | 167 (28.4) | |
Age of husbandb (years) | < 0.01 | ||
Mean | 25.01 | 23.80 | |
Age differenceb(years) | 0.01 | ||
Mean | 4.59 | 4.22 | |
Physical IPVc | < 0.01 | ||
No | 1105 (75.2) | 306 (24.8) | |
Yes | 211 (88.1) | 29 (11.9) | |
Sexual IPVc | 0.02 | ||
No | 1248 (76.4) | 325 (23.6) | |
Yes | 68 (85.9) | 10 (14.1) | |
Emotional IPVc | 0.12 | ||
No | 1219 (76.8) | 313 (23.2) | |
Yes | 97 (77.0) | 22 (23.0) | |
Controlling behaviourc | 0.99 | ||
No | 627 (76.6) | 165 (23.4) | |
Yes | 689 (77.0) | 170 (23.2) | |