This statistic presents the results of a survey among households across rural India about the age of first pregnancy among married women in 2013-14, based on occupation. During that time period, self-employed women in the rural areas got pregnant the first time at about 19 years old.
Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation*
* Among ever married women between 15 and 49 years old.
Note: The legal age for marriage in India is 18 years for women and 21 years for men, although there are exceptions under the Muslim and Hindu Marriage Act respectively.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). (June 20, 2016). Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). "Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation*." Chart. June 20, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). (2016). Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India). "Median Age at First Pregnancy among Married Women across Rural India in 2014, by Occupation*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/
Ministry of Women and Child Development (India), Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Median age at first pregnancy among married women across rural India in 2014, by occupation* [Graph], Ministry of Women and Child Development (India), June 20, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/680458/median-age-at-first-pregnancy-by-occupation-rural-india/
