Table 1 Background characteristics of early adult and early middle-aged women by child marriage

Share (%)

Tobacco use

 Any tobacco

4.62

7.88

9.42

12.63

6.26

9.89

(4.44, 4.80)

(7.62, 8.14)

(9.05, 9.79)

(12.26, 13.00)

(6.08, 6.44)

(9.65, 10.13)

 Smoking only

0.66

1.27

1.64

2.51

1.00

1.8

(0.60, 0.73)

(1.17, 1.37)

(1.50, 1.78)

(2.35, 2.67)

(0.93, 1.07)

(1.70, 1.89)

 Smokeless only

3.86

6.46

7.52

9.76

5.11

7.85

(3.70, 4.02)

(6.22, 6.69)

(7.18, 7.87)

(9.43, 10.09)

(4.94, 5.28)

(7.64, 8.07)

 Dual use

0.1

0.15

0.26

0.36

0.15

0.24

(0.07, 0.12)

(0.13, 0.18)

(0.20, 0.31)

(0.31, 0.42)

(0.13, 0.18)

(0.21, 0.27)

Education

 No education

20.57

37.25

36.83

53.22

26.13

44.01

(20.19, 20.95)

(36.76, 37.74)

(36.18, 37.49)

(52.63, 53.81)

(25.76, 26.50)

(43.60, 44.41)

 Primary

12.44

19.03

14.24

17.97

13.06

18.58

(12.15, 12.74)

(18.64, 19.41)

(13.79, 14.70)

(17.53, 18.41)

(12.80, 13.32)

(18.28, 18.88)

 Secondary

54.32

41.25

41.82

27.37

50.05

35.38

(53.81, 54.82)

(40.74, 41.76)

(41.12, 42.53)

(26.84, 27.91)

(49.61, 50.48)

(34.99, 35.76)

 Higher

12.67

2.48

7.1

1.44

10.76

2.04

(12.29, 13.05)

(2.26, 2.70)

(6.69, 7.50)

(1.28, 1.60)

(10.46, 11.07)

(1.89, 2.18)

Household size

 3 or less

12.35

9.02

12.9

15

12.54

11.55

(12.00, 12.71)

(8.72, 9.32)

(12.44, 13.35)

(14.58, 15.42)

(12.25, 12.83)

(11.30, 11.81)

 4 to 5

41.26

45.48

51.45

45.54

44.74

45.51

(40.77, 41.74)

(44.99, 45.97)

(50.79, 52.11)

(44.96, 46.12)

(44.34, 45.15)

(45.12, 45.90)

 6 to 8

30.4

31.48

27.73

31.15

29.49

31.34

(29.94, 30.85)

(31.06, 31.91)

(27.19, 28.28)

(30.64, 31.65)

(29.13, 29.85)

(31.01, 31.68)

 9 or more

15.99

14.01

7.92

8.31

13.23

11.6

(15.61, 16.38)

(13.66, 14.37)

(7.60, 8.24)

(8.03, 8.60)

(12.94, 13.53)

(11.35, 11.86)

Wealth index quintiles

 1st (Poorest)

16.46

25.41

16.46

20.15

16.46

23.18

(16.11, 16.82)

(24.95, 25.87)

(16.02, 16.89)

(19.71, 20.58)

(16.17, 16.75)

(22.82, 23.55)

 2nd (Poorer)

18.59

24.63

17.62

22.17

18.26

23.59

(18.22, 18.96)

(24.20, 25.06)

(17.15, 18.08)

(21.71, 22.63)

(17.95, 18.56)

(23.25, 23.93)

 3rd (Middle)

20.99

22.54

18.83

22.08

20.25

22.35

(20.57, 21.42)

(22.10, 22.98)

(18.30, 19.36)

(21.60, 22.57)

(19.91, 20.60)

(22.00, 22.69)

 4th (Richer)

23.21

17.73

21.7

20.59

22.69

18.94

(22.72, 23.69)

(17.29, 18.18)

(21.10, 22.29)

(20.07, 21.11)

(22.28, 23.10)

(18.58, 19.30)

 5th (Richest)

20.75

9.69

25.4

15.01

22.34

11.94

(20.22, 21.28)

(9.28, 10.09)

(24.70, 26.10)

(14.47, 15.55)

(21.87, 22.80)

(11.57, 12.31)

Religion

 Hindu

81.18

81.92

81.01

83.4

81.12

82.55

(80.60, 81.76)

(81.32, 82.53)

(80.37, 81.64)

(82.83, 83.97)

(80.61, 81.63)

(82.03, 83.06)

 Muslim

13.62

14.32

12.43

13.09

13.21

13.8

(13.07, 14.16)

(13.76, 14.88)

(11.88, 12.99)

(12.57, 13.62)

(12.73, 13.69)

(13.32, 14.28)

 Christian

1.8

1.51

2.37

1.43

1.99

1.48

(1.64, 1.95)

(1.35, 1.66)

(2.12, 2.62)

(1.28, 1.59)

(1.84, 2.15)

(1.35, 1.60)

 Sikh

1.8

0.69

2.64

0.71

2.09

0.69

(1.70, 1.91)

(0.60, 0.77)

(2.45, 2.83)

(0.64, 0.78)

(1.98, 2.20)

(0.63, 0.76)

 Buddhist

0.98

0.71

0.93

0.88

0.96

0.78

(0.83, 1.12)

(0.59, 0.82)

(0.74, 1.12)

(0.70, 1.06)

(0.83, 1.09)

(0.67, 0.89)

 Other

0.63

0.86

0.62

0.49

0.62

0.7

(0.49, 0.76)

(0.65, 1.08)

(0.51, 0.73)

(0.40, 0.58)

(0.52, 0.72)

(0.55, 0.85)

Caste

 Not backward class

26.25

22.8

29.28

24.43

27.29

23.49

(25.67, 26.84)

(22.23, 23.36)

(28.54, 30.01)

(23.81, 25.05)

(26.78, 27.80)

(23.00, 23.98)

 Scheduled caste

20.01

22.75

18.14

21.99

19.37

22.43

(19.48, 20.54)

(22.19, 23.31)

(17.58, 18.71)

(21.36, 22.63)

(18.93, 19.82)

(21.94, 22.92)

 Scheduled tribe

8.83

10.9

8.06

8.97

8.57

10.09

(8.52, 9.15)

(10.52, 11.28)

(7.70, 8.42)

(8.61, 9.34)

(8.30, 8.84)

(9.77, 10.40)

 Other backward class

44.9

43.55

44.52

44.61

44.77

44

(44.28, 45.52)

(42.95, 44.15)

(43.79, 45.25)

(43.94, 45.28)

(44.24, 45.30)

(43.48, 44.51)

Region

 Rural

66.42

74.59

29.53

70.47

65.08

72.85

(65.76, 67.08)

(73.96, 75.22)

(28.86, 30.20)

(69.80, 71.14)

(64.56, 65.59)

(72.33, 73.37)

 Urban

33.58

25.41

37.51

62.49

34.92

27.15

(32.92, 34.24)

(24.78, 26.04)

(36.78, 38.25)

(61.75, 63.22)

(34.41, 35.44)

(26.63, 27.67)

 Observations

97,905

92,646

51,969

67,433

149,874

160,079