Table 2 Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) of determinants of early childbearing of women aged 20–24, India, 1992-93 to 2019-21

Caste

 General ®

[1.00–1.00]

 SC

1.07***

[1.04–1.11]

 ST

0.95

[0.92–0.99]

 OBC

1.01

[0.98–1.04]

 Don’t know

1.35***

[1.19–1.53]

Years of schooling

 No schooling ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 < 10 years

0.65***

[0.63–0.66]

 10 or more years

0.17***

[0.17–0.18]

Mass media exposure

 No ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 Yes

0.88***

[0.86–0.90]

Religion

 Hindu ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 Muslim

1.06***

[1.03–1.10]

 Others

0.73***

[0.70–0.76]

Wealth index

 Poorest ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 Poorer

1

[0.98–1.04]

 Middle

0.92***

[0.89–0.95]

 Richer

0.80***

[0.77–0.83]

 Richest

0.62***

[0.60–0.65]

Place of residence

 Urban ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 Rural

1.13***

[1.10–1.16]

Region

 South ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 North

0.52***

[0.50–0.54]

 Central

0.54***

[0.52–0.56]

 East

0.96*

[0.93-1.00]

 North-east

0.99

[0.94–1.02]

 West

0.77***

[0.74–0.81]

Time

 NFHS-1 (1992-93) ®

1

[1.00–1.00]

 NFHS-2 (1998-99)

1.15***

[1.09–1.20]

 NFHS-3 (2005-06)

0.58***

[0.55–0.60]

 NFHS-4 (2015-16)

0.36***

[0.35–0.38]

 NFHS-5 (2019-21)

0.36***

[0.35–0.38]