In search of the average Indian woman

NEW DELHI : Those were the best days of her life. For instance, its state GDP per capita is ₹ 1.15 lakh compared to the national GDP per capita of ₹1.49 lakh ; the state’s sex ratio is 1,009 compared to the national ratio of 1,020 women per 1,000 men ; according to the ministry of health and family welfare, 74% of Rajasthan’s population is estimated to live in rural areas compared to 65% of India’s total population; its female literacy is 65% compared to all-India figures of 72% ; 22% women in the 15-49 years age group are employed in Rajasthan compared to 25% in India; at 2.0, the state’s total fertility rate is the same as that of India. Devi belongs to a minority, as only 30% women of age 15-49 years said they were employed in the 12 months preceding the NFHS 2019-21 survey. Love after marriage Devi got married in 2014, four months before turning 19, a little older than the median age of marriage of 18.2 years for rural women of age 25-49 years. Whether sanctioned by her in-laws or not, allowances provided to Devi by her husband put her among the 49% rural women of age 15-49 years who have access to money that they can decide how to use Apart from Devi and her sister, the household in Kantewa comprises her father-in-law, mother-in-law, her daughter and an unmarried brother-in-law.