Human Development in India - NCAER

gender and family dynamics 157Table A.10.1bMarriage and Family Patterns by StatePer cent Mean Per cent not Mean Per cent Per cent Per cent knew Children Age atMarried Age at Cohabiting Age at Marrying With Any Husband Ever Borne FirstBefore Marriage* Immedi- Cohabiting* Before Say in Before Women Birth*Age 18* ately* Puberty* Marriage* Marriage* 40–9All India 60 17.4 51 18.0 16 62 23 3.85 20.6Jammu and Kashmir 41 18.9 57 19.3 7 43 32 4.63 21.5Himachal Pradesh 43 18.6 28 18.9 12 64 32 3.61 21.0Uttarakhand 55 17.6 27 17.8 16 42 13 4.49 21.1Punjab 28 19.7 37 19.9 2 63 9 3.56 21.7Haryana 56 17.4 74 18.3 13 65 4 3.59 20.9Delhi 32 19.2 45 19.6 5 64 28 2.96 21.4Uttar Pradesh 76 16.1 72 17.5 22 31 9 5.23 20.8Bihar 86 15.2 75 16.6 26 20 6 4.92 20.7Jharkhand 64 17.4 54 17.9 13 36 14 4.47 20.2Rajasthan 79 15.8 88 17.4 25 21 7 4.91 20.2Chhattisgarh 75 16.0 87 17.1 29 60 17 3.87 20.9Madhya Pradesh 76 16.0 59 17.0 20 49 6 4.02 20.2North-East 31 20.6 37 20.8 5 80 59 3.64 22.3Assam 35 19.5 31 19.6 37 94 26 3.25 21.2West Bengal 61 17.5 16 17.6 9 76 13 3.36 20.0Orissa 53 17.9 13 18.0 3 40 19 4.15 20.4Gujarat 48 18.2 69 18.9 29 93 17 3.31 20.9Maharashtra, Goa 53 18.1 20 18.2 8 70 17 3.55 20.8Andhra Pradesh 77 15.9 71 16.5 13 80 49 3.36 19.3Karnataka 54 17.7 66 18.2 6 90 61 3.42 20.4Kerala 19 20.9 21 21.0 1 99 40 2.45 22.7Tamil Nadu 47 18.8 36 19.0 16 87 46 2.90 20.9Note:*Only calculated for women aged 25 years and above to reduce selectivity due to inclusion of women marrying at very young ages.Source: IHDS 2004–5 data.