Table 1 Socio economic profile of married and unmarried young women in Jharkhand, 2012
Married | Unmarried | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 690) | (n = 691) | (n = 1381) | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Current age (in years) | ||||||
15–17 | 147 | (21) | 608 | (88) | 755 | (55) |
18–20 | 291 | (42) | 69 | (10) | 360 | (26) |
21–24 | 252 | (37) | 14 | (2) | 266 | (19) |
Age, in years | ||||||
Mean | 19.5 | 15.9 | 17.7 | |||
(sd) | (2.26) | (1.43) | (2.60) | |||
Age at marriage, in years | ||||||
Mean | 15.7 | |||||
(sd) | (1.69) | |||||
Education | ||||||
Never Attended School | 231 | (34) | 63 | (9) | 294 | (21) |
Primary | 128 | (19) | 54 | (8) | 182 | (13) |
Middle | 243 | (25) | 452 | (65) | 695 | (50) |
Secondary & above | 88 | (13) | 122 | (18) | 210 | (15) |
Years of schooling1 | ||||||
Mean | 6.5 | 7.8 | 7.2 | |||
(sd) | (3.10) | (2.37) | (2.76) | |||
Currently studying | ||||||
Yes | 35 | (5) | 463 | (67) | 498 | (36) |
No | 655 | (95) | 228 | (33) | 883 | (64) |
Religion | ||||||
Hindu | 501 | (73) | 471 | (68) | 972 | (70) |
Muslim | 187 | (27) | 214 | (31) | 401 | (29) |
Other | 2 | (<1) | 6 | (1) | 8 | (1) |
Caste | ||||||
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 98 | (14) | 86 | (12) | 184 | (13) |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 27 | (4) | 33 | (5) | 60 | (4) |
Other Backward Class (OBC) | 476 | (69) | 463 | (67) | 939 | (68) |
General | 89 | (13) | 109 | (16) | 198 | (14) |
Type of Family | ||||||
Nuclear Family | 147 | (21) | 323 | (47) | 470 | (34) |
Joint-extended Family | 543 | (79) | 368 | (53) | 911 | (66) |
Types of Occupation | ||||||
Farming (Family land) | 26 | (4) | 7 | (1) | 33 | (2) |
Agricultural labor | 30 | (4) | 27 | (4) | 57 | (4) |
Non-agricultural wage labor | 28 | (4) | 14 | (2) | 42 | (3) |
Business & salaried | 18 | (3) | 13 | (2) | 31 | (2) |
Not Working | 588 | (85) | 630 | (91) | 1218 | (88) |
Standard of Living Index | ||||||
Low | 321 | (47) | 307 | (44) | 628 | (46) |
Medium | 277 | (40) | 282 | (41) | 559 | (41) |
High | 92 | (13) | 102 | (15) | 194 | (14) |
Exposed to mass media/ social networks2 | ||||||
TV | 412 | (60) | 487 | (70) | 899 | (65) |
Newspaper | 145 | (21) | 370 | (54) | 515 | (37) |
Cinema | 284 | (41) | 351 | (51) | 624 | (45) |
Radio | 72 | (11) | 127 | (18) | 199 | (14) |
Internet | 4 | (1) | 9 | (1) | 13 | (1) |
3 | (<1) | 2 | (<1) | 5 | (<1) | |
Youth Club | 2 | (<1) | 10 | (1) | 12 | (1) |
Any Mass Media3 | 445 | (65) | 551 | (80) | 996 | (72) |
Utilization of SRH Services | ||||||
Pubic services | 147 | (21) | 75 | (10) | 222 | (16) |
Private clinic | 436 | (63) | 283 | (41) | 719 | (52) |
Pharmacy/chemist | 32 | (5) | 47 | (7) | 79 | (6) |
Traditional healers | 226 | (33) | 292 | (42) | 518 | (38) |
Never used any services | 38 | (6) | 108 | (16) | 146 | (11) |