Table 1 Independent variables, their categorization and their definition
Independent variable | Definition | Categories |
|---|---|---|
Age | Biological age of women respondent | 15–29; 30–39; 40–49 |
Residence | Place where the respondent usually Lives | Urban; Rural |
Religion | Religion in which the respondent believes | Hindu; Muslim (Islam); Christian; Others (Sikh; Buddhist/neo-Buddhist; Jain, Jewish, parsi/zorostrian, no religion & others) |
Caste/Tribe | Scheduled Caste/Tribe, Other Backward Classes as defined in the Indian constitution for the socially and economically deprived sections of the Society | Scheduled caste; Scheduled tribe; Other Backward Class; Others (does not belong to any of the above three groups) |
Women’s education | Educational attainment of women depending on years of schooling | No Schooling (0 years of schooling); Primary complete (5 years of schooling); Secondary complete (6–12 years of schooling); Higher (13 years and above schooling) |
Wealth Index | Household wealth index created by using scores of possessions of certain goods and assets and classified in quintiles. Score moving from lowest to highest means household moving from poor to rich category | Lowest; Second; Middle; Fourth; Highest |
Marital Status | Current marital status of women; Others includes divorce, separated, and living together without marriage | Currently Married; Widow; Others (Never married, divorced, separated) |
Parity | Total no. of children ever born to Women | 0; 1 child; 2 children; 3 and above Children |
Age at first cohabitation | Age (in years) at which woman started living with spouse | Less than 15; 15–19; 20 and above |
Region | Region comprising a group of states, depending upon the geographical region and the sociocultural milieu these states fall in North (Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand); Central (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh); East (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal); Northeast (Arunachal Pradesh; Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura); West (Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra); South (Andaman & Nicobar Island, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana) | North; Central; East; Northeast; West; South |