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Bellary District, - PRC

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Table 50: Age at marriage, first pregnancy and first deliveryMean and median age at marriage, age at first pregnancy and age at first delivery among women aged15-49 years, according to selected background characteristics, <strong>Bellary</strong> <strong>District</strong>, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Age at marriage Age at first pregnancy Age at first deliveryCharacteristics Mean Median Mean Median Mean MedianCurrent age15-19 14.9 14.8 16.1 15.6 16.4 16.020-24 15.8 15.3 17.1 16.6 17.5 17.125-29 16.1 15.1 17.8 16.8 18.3 17.230-34 15.3 15.0 17.8 16.9 18.4 17.535-39 14.6 14.1 17.6 16.7 17.9 17.240-44 14.7 14.3 17.6 16.8 18.1 17.145-49 15.2 14.8 18.1 17.3 18.5 17.7Place of residenceRural 14.8 14.4 17.2 16.4 17.6 16.9Urban 16.6 15.8 18.2 17.3 18.7 17.9ReligionHindu 15.2 14.7 17.4 16.5 17.8 17.0Muslim 17.0 16.4 18.5 17.6 18.9 18.3Caste/tribeScheduled caste 14.2 14.0 16.6 16.0 17.1 16.5Scheduled tribe 14.7 14.4 17.3 16.5 17.7 17.0Other 16.2 15.5 18.0 17.1 18.4 17.7EducationIlliterate 14.6 14.3 17.0 16.3 17.5 16.8Primary complete 16.4 15.9 18.0 17.1 18.6 17.6Middle complete 17.3 16.7 18.5 17.7 19.0 18.2High school + 20.4 19.3 21.4 20.5 21.8 19.7Total 15.3 14.8 17.5 16.6 17.9 17.0Note: Data for literate women with less than primary education, women with missing information ofcaste/tribe, education, religion and women belonging to ‘other’ religions are not shown separately.Table 51: Age at first pregnancyPercentage of women aged 15-49 years who were pregnant for the first time by specific exact ages, andmedian age at first pregnancy, according to current age , <strong>Bellary</strong> <strong>District</strong>, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Per cent became pregnant for the first timeBefore age:In:Currentage 15 17 19 21 15-19 20 +Per centeverpregnantNumberofwomenMedian ageat firstpregnancy15-19 4.5 20.9 35.2 36.0 31.5 NA 36.0 378 NC20-24 8.1 29.9 55.4 72.1 57.1 11.4 76.5 298 16.625-29 9.9 35.0 59.3 72.2 57.3 21.7 88.6 263 16.830-34 8.6 32.4 64.9 82.9 67.1 20.3 95.9 222 16.935-39 8.1 35.3 67.1 86.1 69.9 18.5 96.5 173 16.740-44 8.4 35.1 67.9 81.7 68.7 17.6 94.7 131 16.845-49 6.3 30.2 58.7 82.5 69.1 23.0 98.4 126 17.315-49 7.5 30.0 55.1 68.2 55.7 13.8 77.0 1591 16.6NA: Not applicable.NC: Not calculated because more than 50 per cent of women are never pregnant in that category58

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