Table 1 Period wise prevalence of female sterilization among currently married women in India by Place of residence, Wealth quintile, Religion, Parity, and educational status
From: The trends of female sterilization in India: an age period cohort analysis approach
Period of the survey | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | 1998 | 2005 | 2015 | ||
Contraception use | 27.4 | 34.1 | 37.7 | 36.0 | 31.5 |
Place of residence | |||||
Urban | 33.7 | 37.8 | 39.1 | 36.0 | 35.5 |
Rural | 29.9 | 35.4 | 38.5 | 36.4 | 34.8 |
Wealth Quintile | |||||
Poorest | 23.5 | 27.2 | 31.4 | 29.3 | 27.8 |
Poorer | 25.5 | 32.0 | 38.3 | 35.6 | 33.6 |
Middle | 33.2 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 40.5 | 39.2 |
Richer | 36.3 | 42.3 | 43.9 | 40.0 | 39.4 |
Richest | 35.3 | 37.3 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 34.5 |
Religion | |||||
Hindu | 14.5 | 36.2 | 40.2 | 38.2 | 37.8 |
Muslim | 30.4 | 19.6 | 21.6 | 20.9 | 21.0 |
Others | 29.2 | 36.4 | 37.8 | 39.1 | 32.4 |
Parity of women | |||||
1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 6.7 |
2 + | 42.6 | 48.5 | 51.8 | 49.5 | 47.8 |
Educational Status | |||||
No education | 29.3 | 35.8 | 41.4 | 43.0 | 38.2 |
Primary | 40.0 | 43.3 | 45.1 | 42.9 | 41.8 |
Secondary | 30.9 | 36.0 | 35.1 | 32.9 | 32.7 |
Higher | 16.9 | 22.6 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 19.0 |
Age at marriage | |||||
< 18 | 29.0 | 36.7 | 42.0 | 43.4 | 40.2 |
18–24 | 24.8 | 30.7 | 32.5 | 31.1 | 30.2 |
25 + | 17.0 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 21.8 |