Bellary District, - PRC

Table 49: Marital statusPercent distribution of women aged 15-49 years by current marital status, according to selected backgroundcharacteristics, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002NevermarriedCurrentlymarried Widowed Divorced SeparatedMarried butguana nottakenCharacteristicsNumberCurrent age15-19 48.7 49.5 0.5 0.0 0.3 1.0 37820-24 15.4 82.2 0.3 0.4 1.7 0.0 29825-29 3.8 90.9 2.3 0.0 3.0 0.0 26330-34 1.8 87.8 4.5 0.5 5.4 0.0 22235-39 0.0 82.7 14.5 0.0 2.8 0.0 17340-44 0.0 76.3 21.4 0.0 2.3 0.0 13145-49 0.0 75.4 23.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 12615-44 16.7 75.7 4.9 0.1 2.3 0.3 1465Place of residenceRural 12.7 78.6 5.9 0.1 2.4 0.3 1082Urban 20.8 69.5 7.3 0.2 2.0 0.2 509ReligionHindu 13.7 77.2 6.3 0.1 2.4 0.3 1405Muslim 26.0 65.1 7.2 0.6 1.1 0.0 181Caste/tribeScheduled caste 9.5 80.8 5.7 0.0 3.0 1.0 402Scheduled tribe 11.0 81.2 5.4 0.0 2.4 0.0 336Other 19.6 71.2 7.1 0.2 1.9 0.0 851EducationIlliterate 6.7 82.0 7.8 0.2 3.0 0.4 1117Primary complete 15.2 76.2 6.7 0.0 1.9 0.0 105Middle complete 37.0 61.8 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 165High school + 48.1 49.1 2.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 181Total (15-49) 15.3 75.7 6.4 0.1 2.3 0.2 1591Note: Total includes 2 women each with missing information on religion and caste/tribe, 7 women with missinginformation on education, 14 women who are literate but have not completed primary education and 3 womenbelonging to ‘other’ religions.57