National Family Health Survey Claims: Technology has significantly impacted the lives of people but the data of National Family Health Survey 2019-21 presents a different picture where only a quarter of the women and almost half of the men in rural areas of the country have completed their lives. Internet has been used at some time or the other.
According to the data, 51.8 percent women and 72.5 percent men in urban areas of the country and 24.6 percent women and 48.7 percent men in rural areas have used the Internet. Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFSH) 2019-21, released last month, also shows the gap between rural and urban areas in terms of internet usage.
Iodized salt is not being used in how many households?
The ground work of NFSH 2019-21 survey in India was done in two phases from 17 June 2019 to April 2021. Under this, 17 agencies had collected information from 7,24,115 women and 1,01,839 men from 6,36,696 families.
As per the survey data, iodized salt is still not being used in all the households in the country. Seven percent of households in rural areas and about three percent of households in cities are not using iodized salt. In urban areas of the country, 38 percent of the households have one member under health insurance/financial scheme, while in rural areas this number is higher (42.4 percent).
What percentage of women got married before the age of 18?
The survey also found that among women in the age group of 20 to 24 years, in rural areas, 27 percent were married before the age of 18, while in urban areas this number was 14.7 percent. At the same time, 21.1 percent of men in the age group of 25 to 29 were married before 21 years in rural areas while in urban areas this number is 11.3 percent. According to the report, 33.7 percent of women and 43.7 percent of men in rural areas in the country have studied 10 years or more, while in urban areas 56.3 percent of women and 62.1 percent of men have studied above 10 years.