Households

Per cent

Currently Married Women
(15-44 Years)

Per cent

Household headship

Age

Male

90.08

15-24

22.61

Female

9.92

25-34

44.80

Nature of the Households

 

35-44

32.59

Simple

74.05

Education

Complex

25.95

Illiterate

44.87

Religion

Below Primary

9.34

Non-Muslim

49.80

Primary

20.36

Muslim

50.20

Middle

9.66

Castes

High School

11.09

Gen

69.34

Intermediate

2.50

OBC

14.59

Graduation and Above

2.18

ST/SC

16.06

Occupations

Habitation Type

Farmer

1.82

Kaccha

43.05

Agricultural Labours

9.30

Pucca

27.14

Non-Agricultural Laboures

7.01

Mixed

26.56

Business

0.86

Jhopri

3.24

HHBW

15.60

Average Household Size

5.72

Service

4.08

   

Marginal Workers

30.30

Sex Ratio

925

Unemployed/ House Wives

31.02

Household Income

Mean age Marriage

20.09

Below 2 000

13.93

Mean Age of Pregnancy

2001-5000

36.90

Below 18

25.09

5001-10000

35.40

18-21

48.51

10000-15000

9.08

22-25

18.32

Above 15000

4.69

Above 25

8.08

Data Source: Based on Field Survey by the Researcher, 2010
Table 1: Background Characteristics of Survey Household and Currently Married Women in Rural Malda, West Bengal.