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1. Jamui is one of the districts with very high prevalence of Child marriage. Child marriage is

more concentrated in population belong to illiterate and marginalised and poor economic

status.

2. The use of modern contraceptives in sexually active young women remains low. This may

have contributed to high incidence of teenage pregnancy and higher levels of Total Fertility

Rate in the district.

3. A large proportion of young pregnant women do not avail institutional delivery services in the

district, which could be one of the reasons for a higher percentage of delivery complications.

4. The utilisation of other essential obstetric services also remains low, which may be the reason

for very high Infant Mortality Rate in the district.

MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, is a national level NGO committed to

integrated health and development in context of Poverty, gender and rights with a ‘life cycle approach’.

Over last fifteen years, the organisation has expanded its operations into areas of adolescent health,

education, entrepreneurship development and empowerment of young people with a thrust on

community participation for better health outcomes. It presently works across 13 states in India. For

detail visit at www.mamta-himc.org , www.yrshr.org

District Fact Sheet on

CHILD MARRIAGECHILD MARRIAGEJamui Bihar Year 2013| |

Knowledge Hub : Getting Evidence into Policy and Practice

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Suggested citation: Sunil Mehra, Ruchi Sogarwal, Vivek Khurana and Kaushlendra Kumar. 2013.

“District Fact sheet on Child Marriage for Araria, Bihar”. Delhi, India: MAMTA-HIMC.

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Introduction :

About the District :

Child marriage is a well-recognized problem in socio-economic development of the country. Nationally, more than 44.5% of the women (aged 20-24) are already married by the age of 18 years (NFHS-III, 2005-06). The objective of the fact sheet is to synthesize evidence concerning magnitude/prevalence of child marriage and its consequences from the reliable data sources that provide information at district level. This would support decentralized planning, prioritizing policy actions and resource allocations at district level. This fact sheet provides information on 15 key indicators directly or indirectly related to Child marriage. They have been systematically prioritised so that it may include the above said key issues related to child marriage. The sources of data presented in the publication include District Level Household Survey (2007-08), Annual Health Survey (2010-11) and Census of India (2011). In few cases, sample may be less while estimating certain indicators for the age group of 15-19 years.

Jamui is a part of Munger division with district headquarters also located at Jamui. According to 2011

Census, Jamui has a population of 17,56,078 with a population density of 567 inhabitants per square

kilometre. The population growth rate of the district has declined over the decade from 32.9% to 25.5% and

is almost equal to the state's population growth rate over the decade (25.1%). The Census 2011 data shows

a slight increase in the sex ratio from 918 in 2001 to 921 in 2011, which is higher than the state's sex ratio of

916. The literacy rate for females has almost doubled since 2001; however, a noticeable disparity is seen

between male and female literacy rates, at 49.4% for females compared to 73.7% for males (Census 2011).

Around 35.7% of population falls in lowest 20% wealth index compared to only 11.7% in the highest

category which indicates the relative economic inequality among the population (AHS 2010-11). In terms of

health outcome, the Total Fertility Rate for the district is 3.6, which is higher than the desired level of 2.1.

The Infant Mortality Rate in the district is 57 per 1000 live births compared to 55 in the state (AHS 2010-11).

Percentage of marriages below legal age at marriage*

(Men) (AHS 2010-11):

Percentage of marriages below legal age at marriage*

(Women) (AHS 2010-11)

Mean age at marriage* (Men) (AHS 2010-11) Mean age at marriage* (Women) (AHS 2010-11)

Percentage of currently married women aged 20-24 who

were married before age 18 according to Wealth 1Index household (DLHS 2007-08) of

Percentage of currently married women aged 20-24 who were married before age 18 according to caste

(DLHS 2007-08)

Prevalence of Child Marriage

State/District Total Rural Urban

Bihar 20.0 21.7 10.6

Jamui 37.0 39.9 #

State/District Total Rural Urban

Bihar 20.2 21.7 11.1

Jamui 50.5 53.0 #

State/District Total Rural Urban

Bihar 23.4 23.1 25.6

Jamui 21.5 21.5 #

State/District Total Rural Urban

Bihar 19.7 19.5 21.1

Jamui 17.5 17.3 #

Percentage of currently married women aged 20-24

who were married before age 18 according to

literacy (DLHS 2007-08)

76.3

53.3

90.5

64.2

Bihar Jamui

Poor Non Poor

79.1

50.3

92.1

64.7

Bihar Jamui

Illiterate Literate

JamuiBihar

79.169.9

46.0

83.7 89.8

55.0

Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe Other backward Classes Others

Percentage of unmarried women age 15-24 years who have knowledge about minimum legal age at marriage

for boys and girls (DLHS 2007-08)

State/District Boys Girls

Bihar 83.2 83.9

Jamui 83.9 83.9

Percentage of children attended before/drop out (age 6-17 years) (AHS 2010-11)

State/District Total Urban

Bihar

Jamui

6.0 4.2

7.6 #

Rural

6.1

7.7

Urban

5.5

#

Total

5.7

9.7

Rural

5.9

10.0

Percentage of currenty married women aged 15-19 years who are already mothers or pregnant at the time of survey (AHS 2010-11)

State/District Total Rural Urban

Bihar 45.1 45.0 46.9

Jamui 45.1 44.6 #

State/District 15-24 years

Bihar 34.8

Jamui 21.8

Percentage of currenty married women aged 15-24 years going for institutional delivery (DLHS 2007-08)

1 Wealth index is a composite measure of a household’s cumulative living standard. It is computed combining household amenities, assets and durables.

Unmet need for family planning practice among currently married women aged 15-49 years (AHS 2010-11)

Percentage of currently married women aged 15-24 years who are currently using any contraceptive method (DLHS 2007-08)

State/District Total Spacing Limiting

Bihar 39.2 21.3 17.9

Jamui 51.0 23.1 27.9

State/District 15-24 years

Bihar 10.1

Jamui 10.2

Percentage of currently married women aged 15-24 years who received different types of antenatal care (ANC) (DLHS 2007-08)

State/District 3+ ANCAt least one TT injection

Bihar 30.4 64.7

Jamui 31.1 55.7 4.9

State/District 15-24 years

Bihar 82.7

Jamui 84.0

Consumed IFAfor at least 3 months

Percentage of currently married women aged 15-24 years having any complication at the time of delivery (DLHS 2007-08)

9.8

Causes and context

* Based on marriages taken place during 2007-2009# Data not available

# Data not available