Bellary District, - PRC

Table 52: Marriage before age 18, and pregnancy and delivery before age 20Per cent married before age 18, got pregnant before age 20, who first delivered before age 20, andthose who did not have any pregnancy at all among women aged 15-49, according to selectedbackground characteristics, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Per cent married before age18 among:Characteristics All women EMWPer cent of women aged 15-49Pregnantbefore 20Deliverybefore 20NeverpregnantCurrent age15-19 44.7 87.1 36.0 28.7 64.020-24 61.7 73.0 65.1 58.1 23.525-29 65.4 68.0 66.9 63.9 11.430-34 75.2 76.6 75.7 70.3 4.135-39 82.7 82.7 78.0 74.0 3.540-44 82.4 82.4 77.1 72.5 5.345-49 74.6 74.6 75.4 67.5 1.6Place of residenceRural 72.4 82.9 67.9 62.3 20.2Urban 49.9 63.0 53.0 46.8 28.9ReligionHindu 68.5 79.4 65.4 59.5 21.5Muslim 40.9 55.2 47.0 42.0 33.7Caste/tribeScheduled caste 80.1 88.5 76.9 70.4 17.2Scheduled tribe 76.2 85.6 69.0 64.0 18.2Other 53.9 67.1 54.5 48.8 27.5EducationIlliterate 80.1 85.9 75.3 69.6 14.4Primary complete 55.2 65.2 64.8 58.1 22.9Middle complete 33.9 53.8 38.2 31.5 44.8High school + 7.7 14.9 12.2 6.6 54.7Total (15-49) 65.2 77.0 63.2 57.4 23.0Note: Data for literate women with less than primary education, women with missing information ofreligion, caste/tribe, education and women belonging to ‘other’ religions are not shown separately.EMW: Ever-married women.Table 53: Pregnaancy wastage by selected characteristicsPer cent of ever married women aged 15-49 years who have experienced atleast one pregnancywastage, according to current age and place of residence, Bellary district, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Current age Rural Urban Total15-19 11.1 (19.6) 13.220-24 21.5 21.3 21.425-34 17.2 21.7 18.735-49 16.7 16.9 16.7Total (15-49) 16.9 19.9 17.81 Difference between the reported number of total pregnancies and the total number ofchildren ever born.( ) Based on 25-49 cases.59