Table 1 Socio-economic and bio-demographic characteristics of study population

Age of the respondents

Age at 1st birth

30–34

1,01,049

27.72

< 25

2,81,006

81.27

35–39

98,068

26.9

25–29

50,918

15.0

40–44

81,380

22.32

> 29

13,825

4.0

45–49

84,059

23.06

Duration of breast-feeding (Months)

Place of residents

< 12

15,311

29.75

Urban

95,547

26.21

12–23

15,282

29.69

Rural

2,69,009

73.79

> 24

20,876

40.56

Marital status

Body Mass Index (BMI)

Never married

7,663

2.1

< 18.5

36,871

10.43

Married

3,30,345

90.62

18.5–24.9

2,04,373

57.8

Widowed

20,785

5.7

> 25

1,12,357

31.78

Divorced

1,933

0.53

Menstruation status

Separated

3,830

1.05

Irregular

5,042

1.93

Age of menarche

Regular

2,56,216

98.07

< 13

46,294

20.16

Contraceptive pill used

13–15

1,73,422

75.52

No

3,44,056

94.0

> 15

9,922

4.32

Yes

20,495

6.0

No of. Live birth

Terminated pregnancy

0

19,114

5.24

Abortion

3,287

31.15

1

42,295

11.6

Miscarriage

6,459

61.22

2

1,35,630

37.2

Still birth

805

7.63

3

91,964

25.23

Smoking status

> 3

75,553

20.72

Yes

53,772

14.75

No. of Pregnancy

No

3,10,784

85.25

1

185

3.66

2

529

10.47

3

681

13.48

> 3

3,657

72.39