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Table 2 Distribution of demand for family planning by background characteristics of the currently married women aged 15–49 years in India, 2015–16 (n = 511,377)

From: Levels, patterns and determinants of using reversible contraceptives for limiting family planning in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey, 2015–16

Background characteristics

Demand for family planning (%)

Chi2 significance test

Spacing

Limiting

No demand

Infecund and menopausal

Age group

 15–19

32.2

4.8

59.7

3.3

P < 0.001

 20–24

29.4

21.8

44.3

4.5

 

 25–29

17.7

48.9

23.8

9.6

 

 30–34

7.2

67.5

9.6

15.7

 

 35–39

1.1

73.3

1.6

27.5

 

Parity

 0

17.6

2.1

59.8

20.6

P < 0.001

 1

34.3

20.4

29.8

15.5

 

 2

6.3

71.5

8.3

13.9

 

 3

3.2

74.4

6.0

16.4

 

 4+

2.1

68.7

5.2

24.0

 

Have at least one son

 Yes

7.0

67.6

8.0

17.4

P < 0.001

 No

22.6

20.6

39.6

17.1

 

Years of schooling

 No schooling

5.4

59.6

11.8

23.2

P < 0.001

 1–5 years

8.3

61.2

13.9

16.6

 

 6–10 years

12.8

54.8

17.8

14.6

 

 11 and above years

20.1

44.4

23.2

12.4

 

Wealth status

 Poorest

10.3

48.5

20.7

20.5

P < 0.001

 Poorer

11.1

53.9

17.5

17.5

 

 Middle

10.3

57.0

16.0

16.7

 

 Richer

11.1

58.0

14.6

16.4

 

 Richest

12.6

58.2

13.4

15.8

 

Religion

 Hindu

10.5

56.4

15.9

17.3

P < 0.001

 Muslim

14.6

47.1

19.7

18.6

 

 Christians

11.6

52.6

15.9

20.0

 

 Others

13.0

63.4

13.0

10.7

 

Social group

 General

12.0

58.6

13.8

15.7

P < 0.001

 OBC

10.4

54.6

16.8

18.3

 

 SC

10.7

56.3

16.9

16.2

 

 ST

11.3

51.1

20.0

17.6

 

 Don’t know

15.1

50.4

14.4

20.2

 

Mass media exposure

 No

9.8

53.1

17.0

20.1

P < 0.001

 Yes

11.9

56.6

15.9

15.6

 

Place of resident

 Urban

11.4

57.9

13.9

16.8

P < 0.001

 Rural

10.9

54.0

17.5

17.6

 

Region

 North

12.1

61.2

15.3

11.5

P < 0.001

 Central

11.5

52.6

18.9

17.1

 

 East

13.8

49.1

16.9

20.3

 

 Northeast

21.4

43.2

15.0

20.5

 

 West

10.1

60.6

14.8

14.5

 

 South

6.6

59.2

14.9

19.2

 

India

11.1

55.3

16.3

17.3

 

n

56,742

282,795

83,351

88,484