Contraceptive Use in India: A Data Mining Approach

Table 5

Contraceptive method mix in different groups of women.

Group number	Surviving children	Religion	Household standard of living	Number of years of schooling of women	Residence	Prevalence (percent)				𝑁
						All methods	Terminal methods	Modern spacing methods	Traditional methods	Number	%
All	All	All	All	All	All	100	68	20	13	324169	100.0
6	0	All	All	All	All	100	9	51	40	3870	1.2
11	1	All	Very low, low, average	All	All	100	27	40	33	9861	3.0
17	1	All	High	All	All	100	17	53	30	7148	2.2
23	1	All	Very high	≤12	All	100	13	62	25	8145	2.5
24	1	All	Very high	>12	All	100	5	71	24	4444	1.4
22	≥2	Hindu	Lowest	All	All	100	80	8	12	32457	10.0
21	≥2	Hindu	Low	All	All	100	82	8	10	42056	13.0
7	≥2	Muslim	Lowest, low	All	All	100	39	29	31	5987	1.8
13	≥2	Muslim	Average, high, very high	0	All	100	52	28	20	8568	2.6
19	≥2	Muslim	Average, high, very high	>0	Rural	100	50	29	22	5685	1.8
20	≥2	Muslim	Average, high, very high	>0	Urban	100	55	34	11	6012	1.9
15	≥2	Others	Lowest, low	All	All	100	61	19	20	5973	1.8
10	≥2	Hindu, others	Average, high, very high	All	All	100	75	17	9	183963	56.7