Kerala vs Uttarakhand: fertility, marriage age and wanted children

In SRS 2023, Uttarakhand records 1.7 children per woman and Kerala records 1.5.

In NFHS-5 (2019-21), women in Kerala had about 1.8 children against a wanted 1.7, and women in Uttarakhand had about 1.9 against a wanted 1.5.

6.3% of women aged 20 to 24 in Kerala were married before 18, compared with 9.8% in Uttarakhand.

Since 2014, the SRS figure fell by 0.4 in Kerala and fell by 0.3 in Uttarakhand.

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Side by side

MeasureSourceKeralaUttarakhand
Children per womanSRS 20231.51.7
Children per womanNFHS-51.81.9
Wanted children per womanNFHS-51.71.5
Actual minus wantedNFHS-50.10.4
Women 20-24 married before 18NFHS-56.3%9.8%
Women 15-19 who have begun childbearingNFHS-52.4%2.5%

Trends since 2003 (SRS)

Kerala

Children per woman in Kerala and all-India, SRS 2003 to 2023 Kerala: 1.8 in 2003, 1.5 in 2023. All-India: 3.0 to 1.9. 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 200320132023 1.5 1.9
Kerala All-India SRS, children per woman

Uttarakhand

Children per woman in Uttarakhand and all-India, SRS 2014 to 2023 Uttarakhand: 2.0 in 2014, 1.7 in 2023. All-India: 2.3 to 1.9. 1.5 2.0 2.5 200320132023 1.7 1.9
Uttarakhand All-India SRS, children per woman
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