Socio-economic and demographic characteristics Percent Number Age     20-29 32.5 107 30-39 42.3 139 40-52 25.2 83 Mean Age 33.8 years   Marital status     Currently married 96.7 318 Widow 3.3 11 Age at marriage when married once 14.4 years   Mean age at consummation of marriage 16.3 years   Spousal age difference 4.4 years   Co-residence with husband     Living with husband 98.1 312 Husband living elsewhere 1.9 6 Education1     Illiterate 72.9 240 Less than high school 20.4 67 High school complete and above 6.7 22 Husband’s education     Illiterate 33.4 110 Less than high school 34.3 113 High school complete and above 32.2 106 Religion     Hindu 97.6 320 Muslim 2.4 9 Caste/tribe status2     Scheduled caste 25.6 84 Other backward class 25.0 82 Others 49.4 162 Working status     Working in family farm/ business 29.8 98 Employed with someone else 22.2 73 Self employed 4.9 16 Not working 43.3 142 Husband’s occupation3     Agriculture 44.7 147 Labour 27.7 91 Service 17.6 58 Business 5.5 18 Co residence with in-laws     Yes 35.5 117 No 64.4 212 Exposure to mass media4     Reads news paper/magazine at least once a week 7.0 23 Watches TV at least once a week 16.8 55 Listens to the radio at least once a week 31.7 104 Visits cinema/theatre at least once a month 0.6 2 Standard of living index     Low 20.7 68 Medium 43.6 143 High 35.7 117 Total 100.0 329 1”Less than high school” means 89 completed years of education, “high school complete and above” means 10 or more completed years of education. 2 Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are castes and tribes that the Government of India identifies as socially and economically backward and in need of special protection from social injustice and exploitation. Other backward class category is a diverse collection of intermediate castes that were considered low in the traditional caste hierarchy but are clearly above SC; ‘Others’ is a default residual group that enjoys higher status in the caste hierarchy 3 Excludes 4 Not working women

Table 1: Percentage distribution of respondents aged 20-52 years according to socio-economic and demographic characteristics.