Table 1: Characteristics of study population
| Respondents by age group | Age
 |
15-19 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-35 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Women | 186 (12.4) |
334 (22.3) |
350 (23.6) |
294 (19.6) |
192 (12.8) |
122 (8.1) |
22 (1.5) |
1500 (100) |
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| Age at first marriage | Age |
<18 years | >18 years | Total | Mean | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Women | 1360 (90.7) |
140 (9.3) |
1500 (100) |
16.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age at first birth | Age
|
<20 years | >20 years | Total | Mean | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Women | 966 (71.87) |
378 (28.13) |
1344 (100) |
18.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation of respondent | Work
type |
House keeping | Other | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Women | 1468 (97.88) |
32 (2.02) |
1500 (100) |
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| Number of children at present | Children
|
<2 | 2 | >2 | No child | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of Women | 430 (28.7) |
546 (36.4) |
368 (24.5) |
156 (10.4) |
1500 (100) |
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| Spacing of last two births | Duration |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Females | 139 (15.21) |
376 (41.14) |
221 (24.18) |
138 (15.09) |
34 (3.72) |
2 (0.22) |
4 (0.44) |
914(100) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproductive knowledge ratings | Rates |
<0.2 | 0.2-0.4 | 0.4-0.6 | 0.6-0.8 | 0.8-1.0 | Total | Mean | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Respondents | 166 (11.1) |
328 (20.9) |
756 (50.4) |
140 (9.3) |
110 (7.3) |
1500 (100) |
0.45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Education level of respondent | Level |
Illiterate | Primary | Secondary | H Secondary | Higher | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Respondent’s education | 480 (32.0) |
516 (34.4) |
426 (28.4) |
36 (2.4) |
42 (2.8) |
1500 (100) |
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| Husband’seducation | 500 (33.3) |
454 (30.3) |
372 (24.8) |
82 (5.5) |
92 (6.1) |
1500 (100) |
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| Pregnancy wastage | Age |
15-20 | 20-25 | 25-30 | 30-35 | 35-40 | 40-45 | 45-49 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Respondents | 186 | 334 | 350 | 294 | 192 | 122 | 22 | 1500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother with pregnancy wastage | 17 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Proporstion | 0.0914 | 0.0569 | 0.0628 | 0.0612 | 0.1042 | 0.1147 | 0.0909 | |||||||||||||||||||||