Table 1 Socio-economic profile of the women aged 15–49 years in India, NFHS 2015–16
Background characteristics | Sample | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Behavioural characteristics | ||
 Smoke tobacco | ||
  No | 694,274 | 99.23 |
  Yes | 5412 | 0.77 |
 Chew tobacco | ||
  No | 661,453 | 94.54 |
  Yes | 38,233 | 5.46 |
 Alcohol consumption | ||
 No | 691,048 | 98.77 |
  Yes | 8638 | 1.23 |
Individual characteristics | ||
 Age (in years) | ||
  15–24 | 244,518 | 34.95 |
  25–34 | 211,812 | 30.27 |
  35–49 | 243,357 | 34.78 |
 Educational status | ||
  Not educated | 192,135 | 27.46 |
  Primary | 87,233 | 12.47 |
  Secondary | 331,037 | 47.31 |
  Higher | 89,281 | 12.76 |
 Working statusb | ||
  No | 92,996 | 76.01 |
  Yes | 29,355 | 23.99 |
 Marital status | ||
  Never married | 159,035 | 22.73 |
  Currently married | 511,373 | 73.09 |
  Others | 29,279 | 4.18 |
 Media exposure | ||
  Not exposed | 132,158 | 18.89 |
  Exposed | 567,528 | 81.11 |
 Body Mass Indexa | ||
  Underweight | 153,331 | 21.91 |
  Normal | 390,201 | 55.77 |
  Overweight | 105,038 | 15.01 |
  Obese | 34,269 | 4.90 |
Household characteristics | ||
 Wealth status | ||
  Poorest | 124,054 | 17.73 |
  Poorer | 136,900 | 19.57 |
  Middle | 143,814 | 20.55 |
  Richer | 147,978 | 21.15 |
  Richest | 146,939 | 21.00 |
 Religion | ||
  Hindu | 563,739 | 80.57 |
  Muslim | 96,461 | 13.79 |
  Christian | 16,620 | 2.38 |
  Others | 22,866 | 3.27 |
 Caste | ||
  Scheduled Caste | 142,619 | 20.38 |
  Scheduled Tribe | 64,144 | 9.17 |
  Other Backward Class | 303,837 | 43.42 |
  Others | 189,086 | 27.02 |
 Place of residence | ||
  Urban | 242,225 | 34.62 |
  Rural | 457,461 | 65.38 |
 Regions | ||
  North | 95,098 | 13.59 |
  Central | 165,474 | 23.65 |
  East | 154,698 | 22.11 |
  North East | 24,615 | 3.52 |
  West | 100,535 | 14.37 |
  South | 159,266 | 22.76 |
Total | 699,686 | 100.00 |