Reproductive Health

Table 2 Sample distribution of study participants, UDAYA (wave-2, 2018–19)

From: Association between exposure to social media and knowledge of sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls: evidence from the UDAYA survey in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India

Variables	Exposure to social media				Total (N = 10,425)
	Not exposed (Total = 7265)		Exposed (Total = 3160)		Total (N = 10,425)
	Un-weighted n	Weighted %	Un-weighted n	Weighted %	Un-weighted n	Weighted %
Age of respondents
15	1196	23.5	569	20.7	1765	22.7
16	1273	21.8	595	22.4	1868	22.0
17	1296	18.5	641	21.1	1937	19.2
18	1765	19.6	721	19.8	2486	19.6
19	1735	16.6	634	16.0	2369	16.5
Place of residence
Urban	2464	11.1	1831	27.3	4295	15.7
Rural	4801	88.9	1329	72.7	6130	84.3
Caste
SC	1966	26.1	472	15.2	2438	23.1
ST	63	1.0	17	0.8	80	0.9
OBC	4236	58.8	1772	54.6	6008	57.6
General	936	14.2	843	29.4	1779	18.4
Religion
Hindu	5696	79.3	2403	79.6	8099	79.4
Muslim	1510	19.9	687	18.3	2197	19.4
Others	59	0.9	70	2.2	129	1.2
Education
Illiterate	1434	14.5	99	2.0	1533	11.0
Primary	935	11.7	111	2.8	1046	9.2
Secondary	4179	62.1	1826	60.4	6005	61.6
Higher	717	11.7	1124	34.8	1841	18.2
Paid work in last year
No	5734	77.3	2437	75.6	8171	76.8
Yes	1531	22.7	723	24.4	2254	23.2
Marital status
Unmarried	2801	51.1	1816	61.5	4617	54.0
Married	4464	48.9	1344	38.5	5808	46.0
Wealth quintile
Poorest	2272	29.8	244	8.4	2516	23.8
Poorer	1572	22.3	362	12.2	1934	19.5
Middle	1671	21.4	677	21.5	2348	21.4
Richer	1041	14.5	796	24.2	1837	17.2
Richest	709	11.9	1081	33.8	1790	18.0
States
Uttar Pradesh	3412	47.9	1343	44.7	4755	47.0
Bihar	3853	52.1	1817	55.3	5670	53.0

Percentages are weighted using combining weight for married and unmarried girls aged 15–19 years at wave-1 for both the states

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