| Mean Ideal Number of Sons, Daughters and Children of Either Sex for Women Age 15-49, Percentage Who Want More Sons than Daughters, Percentage Who Want More Daughters than Sons, Percentage Who Want at Least One Son and Percentage Who Want at Least One Daughter by Background Characteristics and Totals for Ever-Married Women Age 15-49, NFHS-3, NFHS-2 and NFHS-1 in India (2005-2006) | ||||||||
| Background Characteristic | Mean Number of | Percentage Who Want More Sons Than Daughters | Percentage Who Want More Daughters Than Sons | Percentage Who Want at Least One Son | Percentage Who Want At Least One Daughter | Number of Women | ||
| Sons | Daughters | Either Sex | ||||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 15-19 | ||||||||
| 20-29 | ||||||||
| 30-39 | ||||||||
| 40-49 | ||||||||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | ||||||||
| Rural | ||||||||
| Education | ||||||||
| No education | ||||||||
| < 5 years complete | ||||||||
| 5-7 years complete | ||||||||
| 8-9 years complete | ||||||||
| 10-11 years complete | ||||||||
| 12 or more years complete | ||||||||
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Never married | ||||||||
| Currently married | ||||||||
| Widowed/divorced/separated/deserted | ||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Hindu | ||||||||
| Muslim | ||||||||
| Christian | ||||||||
| Sikh | ||||||||
| Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | ||||||||
| Jain | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Caste/Tribe | ||||||||
| Scheduled caste | ||||||||
| Scheduled tribe | ||||||||
| Other backward class | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Don`t know | ||||||||
| Wealth Index | ||||||||
| Lowest | ||||||||
| Second | ||||||||
| Middle | ||||||||
| Fourth | ||||||||
| Highest | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Ever-Married Women | ||||||||
| NFHS-3 (2005-06) | ||||||||
| NFHS-2 (1998-99) | ||||||||
| NFHS-1 (1992-93) | ||||||||
