Socio-economic background Characteristics | Rural | Urban | Median age at marriage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than age 21 | 21–25 | 26–30 | Less than age 21 | 21–25 | 26–30 | Rural | Urban | |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 92.43 | 6.37 | 1.2 | 88.1 | 10.67 | 1.23 | 17 | 18 |
 Female | 91.12 | 8.0 | 0.89 | 85.5 | 11.7 | 2.8 | 17 | 18 |
Higher education | ||||||||
 No Education | 93.87 | 4.98 | 1.15 | 93.35 | 6.25 | 0.4 | 17 | 17 |
 Primary | 92.29 | 6.94 | 0.76 | 88.42 | 9.6 | 1.98 | 17 | 17 |
 Secondary | 85.03 | 13.48 | 1.49 | 79.96 | 16.91 | 3.13 | 18 | 18 |
 Higher Secondary | 62.5 | 31.25 | 6.25 | 44.98 | 46.94 | 8.08 | 21 | 22 |
Caste | ||||||||
 SC | 93.26 | 5.67 | 1.08 | 93.04 | 6.19 | 0.77 | 16 | 17 |
 ST | 90.48 | 7.95 | 1.57 | 79.12 | 18.47 | 2.41 | 18 | 19 |
 OBC | 93.42 | 5.72 | 0.86 | 88.31 | 10.47 | 1.21 | 16 | 17 |
 Other | 91.68 | 7.08 | 1.24 | 84.34 | 12.45 | 3.21 | 17 | 18 |
Religions | ||||||||
 Hindu | 93.39 | 5.68 | 0.92 | 88.6 | 9.79 | 1.61 | 16 | 17 |
 Muslim | 94.35 | 4.81 | 0.84 | 90.91 | 8.57 | 0.52 | 17 | 18 |
 Christian | 78.78 | 16.86 | 4.36 | 70.51 | 28.21 | 1.28 | 18 | 20 |
 Other | 75.59 | 21.26 | 3.15 | 61.9 | 33.33 | 4.76 | 21.5 | 22 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||||
 Poorest | 94.33 | 4.82 | 0.85 | 91.56 | 6.61 | 1.83 | 16 | 17 |
 Poorer | 92.55 | 6.25 | 1.21 | 88.36 | 10.78 | 0.86 | 17 | 17 |
 Middle | 90.22 | 8.26 | 1.52 | 89.15 | 9.01 | 1.84 | 18 | 18 |
 Richer | 89.61 | 9.38 | 1.01 | 86.62 | 11.43 | 1.95 | 18 | 18 |
 Richest | 90.22 | 8.15 | 1.63 | 84.46 | 13.29 | 2.25 | 21 | 22 |
Exposure to mass media | ||||||||
 Yes | 93.79 | 5.14 | 1.07 | 89.23 | 9.02 | 1.75 | 17 | 18 |
 No | 91.22 | 7.57 | 1.21 | 87.15 | 10.88 | 1.55 | 17 | 17 |