Women of the World - India - Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - Statistics and Endnotes

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India statistics on women’s status, contraception, and maternal health compile key reproductive-life indicators such as population structure, rural share, GDP growth, poverty levels, life expectancy, marriage timing, labor participation, literacy, and female household and political representation. The document also details contraception patterns, maternal mortality risk, anemia among pregnant women, and births assisted by trained attendants, alongside abortion counts and rates, STI and HIV/AIDS prevalence, and child and adolescent mortality and schooling outcomes. Endnotes cite data sources and estimation references.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages46

Reading Time1 h 56 min

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India

Statistics

Women’s status

Contraception

Maternal health

Abortion

Sexually transmissible infections (STIs)

Children and adolescents

Endnotes

LAWS AND POLICIES AFFECTING THEIR REPRODUCTIVE LIVES PAGE 69 | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | 2. India | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | Statistics | | | | | GENERAL | | | | | Population | | | | | ■ Total population: 1,065,500,000.1 | | | | | ■ Population by sex: 504,497,270 (female) and 536,646,720 (male).2
■ Percentage of population aged 0–14: 33.1.3 ~~ ~~
■ Percentage of population aged 15–24: 18.9.4 | | | | | ■ Percentage of population in rural areas: 72.5 | | | | | Economy | | | | | ■ Annual percentage growth of gross domestic product (GDP): 5.9.6 | | | | | ■ Gross national income per capita: USD 480.7 | | | | | ■ Government expenditure on health: 7.5% of GDP.8 | | | | | ■ Government expenditure on education: 3.3% of GDP.9 | | | | | ■ Population below the poverty line: 28.6%(below national poverty line); 34.7%(below USD 1 a day poverty line); 79.9%(below USD 2 a day poverty line).10 | | | | | WOMEN’S STATUS | | | | | ■ Life expectancy: 64.6 (female) and 63.2 (male).11 | | | | | ■ Average age at marriage: 18.7 (female) and 23.4 (male).12 | | | | | ■ Labor force participation: 43.5%(female) and 87.6%(male).13 | | | | | ■ Percentage of employed women in agricultural labor force: 31.14 | | | | | ■ Percentage of women among administrative and managerial workers: Information unavailable.15 | | | | | ■ Literacy rate among population aged 15 and older: 45.4%(female) and 68.4%(male).16 | | | | | ■ Percentage of female-headed households: 9.17 | | | | | ■ Percentage of seats held by women in national government: 9.18 | | | | | CONTRACEPTION | | | | | ■ Total fertility rate: 3.01 lifetime births per woman.19 | | | | | ■ Contraceptive prevalence rate among married women aged 15–49: 48%(any method) and 43%(modern methods).20 | | | | | ■ Prevalence of sterilization among couples: 30.7%(total); 27.3%(female); 3.4%(male).21 | | | | | ■ Sterilization as a percentage of overall contraceptive prevalence: 75.6.22 | | | | | MATERNAL HEALTH | | | | | ■ Lifetime risk of maternal death: 1 in 55 women.23 | | | | | ■ Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births: 540.24 | | | | | ■ Percentage of pregnant women with anemia: 88.25 | | | | | ■ Percentage of births monitored by trained attendants: 42.26 | | | PAGE 70 WOMEN OF THE WORLD: | | ABORTION | | | --- | --- | --- | | | ■ Total number of abortions per year: 566,500 .27 | | | | ■ Annual number of hospitalizations for abortion-related complications: Information unavailable.28 | | | | ■ Rate of abortion per 1,000 women aged 15–44: 2.7 .29 | | | | ■ Breakdown by age of women obtaining abortions: 6.1%(under 20);28.2%(between 20–24);35.8%(between 25–29);20.4% | | | | (between 30–34); 7.4%(between 35–39); 1.6%(40 or older) .30 | | | | ■ Percentage of abortions that are obtained by married women: Information unavailable.31 | | | | SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS (STIs) | | | | ■ Number of people living with sexually transmissible infections: Information unavailable. | | | | ■ Number of people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,970,000 .32 | | | | ■ Percentage of people aged 15–24 living with HIV/AIDS: 0.7 (female) and 0.3 (male) .33 | | | | ■ Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS: Information unavailable.34 | | | | CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS | | | | ■ Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births: 64 .35 | | | | ■ Under ﬁve mortality rate per 1,000 live births: 92 (female) and 79 (male) .36 | | | | ■ Gross primary school enrollment ratio: 92 (female) and 111 (male) .37 | | | | ■ Primary school completion rate: 65%(female) and 70%(male) .38 | | | | ■ Number of births per 1,000 women aged 15–19: 45 .39 | | | | ■ Contraceptive prevalence rates among married female adolescents:4.7%(modern methods);3.3%(traditional methods);8.0% | | | | (any method) .40 | | | | ■ Percentage of abortions that are obtained by women younger than 20: 6.1 .41 | | | | ■ Number of child

FAQs

哪些指标用于衡量印度女性的生殖相关状况？

文中归纳了妇女地位、避孕、孕产妇健康等指标，并给出人口结构、预期寿命、结婚年龄、劳动参与率、识字率等基础统计。

文中如何呈现印度的避孕与孕产妇健康关键数据？

避孕部分包含总生育率、已婚妇女避孕普及率、绝育流行情况等；孕产妇健康部分包含终生孕产妇死亡风险、孕产妇死亡率、孕期贫血比例以及由受过训练助产人员监测的分娩比例。

关于堕胎、STIs/HIV/AIDS 以及儿童青少年数据，文中提供了哪些类型的信息？

堕胎部分给出年度堕胎总数与分年龄构成，并列出按人群比例计算的堕胎率；STIs/HIV/AIDS部分包含HIV/AIDS感染人数与年龄分布；儿童与青少年部分提供婴儿与五岁以下死亡率、入学与完成率、青少年生育水平以及与HIV/AIDS相关的儿童人数。

Endnotes 在文档中起什么作用？

文末的 Endnotes 通过引用联合国机构、世界银行及相关研究来说明统计数据的来源与估计口径，并提示部分信息的可得性限制。

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