Table 1 Percent distribution of currently married women aged 15–49 years, Uttar Pradesh

% Belonged to urban residence

22.9

% Belonged to SC/ST households

29.1

% Belonged to OBC households

53.6

% Belonged to Hindu religion

84.3

Age

 % Aged below 25 years

20.5

 % Aged 25–29 years

20.5

 % Aged 30–34 years

17.8

 % Aged 35–39 years

15.5

 % Aged 40–49 years

25.7

Median age, years (IQR)

32 (25, 40)

Mean number of children ever born (SD)

2.9 (1.9)

Parity

 % With 0 parity

9.9

 % With 1 parity

14.5

 % With 2 parity

23.4

 % With 3 parity

20.6

 % With parity 4 + 

31.6

Education

 % With < 5 years of schooling

44.3

 % With 5–9 years of schooling

25.4

 % With 10–11 years of schooling

7.9

 % With 12 + years of schooling

22.4

Mean years of schooling of women (SD)

5.7 (5.7)

Mean years of schooling of husband (SD)

8.4 (8.3)

Husband’s occupation

 % Non-agricultural labour

41.0

 % Salaried

19.6

 % Cultivator/ agricultural labour

20.6

 % Business

16.0

 % Other

2.9

Husband's frequency of visits to home

 % Lives at home

80.3

 % Visit home once in 1–3 months

7.5

 % Visit home once in 4–6 months

6.2

 % Visit home once or less in a year

6.0

Fertility preference

 % Want to have another child within 2 years

12.2

 % Want to have another child after 2 years

12.6

 % Want no more child

68.0

 % Reported can't get pregnant

5.7

 % Undecided or missing information

1.5

Mean ideal number of children (SD)

2.5 (0.95)

Desired sex composition

 % Stated no sex preference

18.4

 % Didn't achieve either sex

8.5

 % Had achieved desired number of boys, but not girls

15.5

 % Had achieved desired number of girls, but not boys

18.9

 % Had achieved desired sex composition

38.6

% Ever had any contact with FLWs

66.5

% Had any contact with FLWs in last 3 years

43.1

% Were informed by FLWs about FP methods among those who had interacted with FLWs in last 3 years (n = 5469)

31.6