Table 1.
Studies on menarcheal age in India.
Figure 1.
Secular trends in mean menarcheal age among ever married women in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.
Table 2.
Mean menarcheal age by birth cohorts among ever-married women (15-49 years) in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.
Figure 2.
Birth Cohort specific mean age at menarche among ever married women across major geographic regions in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.
Table 3.
Mean age at menarche by birth cohorts among ever married women (15–49 years) across geographic regions/states in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.
Figure 3.
Socioeconomic and cultural patterning of mean age at menarche across birth cohorts of women in India, IHDS 2004–2005.
A. Age at menarche by education across birth cohorts. B. Age at menarche by caste across birth cohorts. C. Age at menarche by wealth status across birth cohorts of women. D. Age at menarche by residence across birth cohorts of women. E. Age at menarche by religion across birth cohorts of women. F. Age at menarche by language across birth cohorts of women.
Table 4.
Mean age at menarche across selected socioeconomic, anthropometric and contextual characteristics among ever-married women (15–49 years) in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.
Table 5.
Multiple linear regression predicting menarcheal age among ever-married women (15–49 y) in India, IHDS, 2004–2005.