Lok Sabha Question No. 1366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Adolescent Health
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 2 ND DECEMBER, 2017

## ADOLESCENT HEALTH

## 1366. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  National  Family Health  Survey  (NFHS)  maintains  data  on married  and unmarried pregnant females aged between 15 - 18;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the manner in which the Government keeps track of adolescent health within the age bracket of 10 - 19 years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) & (b): Yes, the information inter - alia on r eproduction was collected   from all women aged 15 - 49 years in selected households through women questionnaire in National Family Heal Surveys (NFHSs) since NFHS - 3 (2005 - 06). A statement indicating percentage of women age 15 -19 years who have had a live birth or who are pregnant with their first child, and percentage have  begun  childbearing,  by  background  characteristics,  India,  from  NFHS - 4  (2015 - 16)  is annexed.  However, unmarried adolescent women didn't report any pregnancy in NFHS 3 and NFHS 4.

- (c): Ministry of Health & Family Welfare launched Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) in 2014. The programme envisions enabling all adolescents (10 - 19  years) in India to realize their full potential by making informed and responsible decisions rela ted to their health and wellbeing and by accessing the services and support they need to do so. There is a pr for establishing Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs) under RKSK at various level health  facilities.    These  act  as  the  first  leve l  of  contact  with  adolescents  for  clinical  and counselling services.

Client data from these Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics are shared by States with Gover of India on quarterly basis.

Percentage of women age 15 - 19 yearswho have had a live birth or who are pregnant with their first chi and percentage who have begun childbearing, by background characteristics, India, 2015 - 16

|                                      | Percentage of women age 15 - 19 yearswho:   | Percentage of women age 15 - 19 yearswho:   | Percentage women age 15- 19 years   | of              |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Background characteristic            | Have had a live                             | birth Are pregnant with first child         | who have begun childbearing         | Number of women |
| Residence                            |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| Urban                                | 3.3                                         | 1.7                                         | 5.0                                 | 36,936          |
| Rural                                | 6.0                                         | 3.2                                         | 9.2                                 | 84,597          |
| Schooling                            |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| No schooling                         | 14.0                                        | 6.2                                         | 20.2                                | 8,395           |
| <5 years complete                    | 10.6                                        | 4.9                                         | 15.5                                | 3,512           |
| 5- 7 years complete                  | 8.9                                         | 4.4                                         | 13.2                                | 13,729          |
| 8- 9 years complete                  | 4.8                                         | 2.5                                         | 7.2                                 | 36,505          |
| 10- 11 years complete                | 3.4                                         | 1.9                                         | 5.3                                 | 35,230          |
| 12 or more years complete            | 2.5                                         | 1.9                                         | 4.4                                 | 24,162          |
| Marital status                       |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| Never married                        | 0.0                                         | 0.0                                         | 0.0                                 | 102,822         |
| Currently married                    | 33.7                                        | 17.8                                        | 51.5                                | 18,492          |
| Widowed/divorced/ separated/deserted | 30.3                                        | 3.3                                         | 33.6                                | 219             |
| Religion                             |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| Hindu                                | 5.1                                         | 2.7                                         | 7.8                                 | 95,848          |
| Muslim                               | 5.9                                         | 3.1                                         | 9.0                                 | 19,915          |
| Christian                            | 4.7                                         | 1.8                                         | 6.4                                 | 2,391           |
| Sikh                                 | 1.8                                         | 0.9                                         | 2.7                                 | 1,574           |
| Buddhist/Neo - Buddhist              | 6.0                                         | 1.4                                         | 7.4                                 | 978             |
| Jain                                 | 1.2                                         | 0.0                                         | 1.2                                 | 150             |
| Other                                | 11.8                                        | 5.4                                         | 17.3                                | 678             |
| Caste/tribe                          |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| Scheduled caste                      | 5.7                                         | 3.0                                         | 8.8                                 | 25,906          |
| Scheduled tribe                      | 7.6                                         | 3.0                                         | 10.5                                | 11,605          |
| Other backward class                 | 4.4                                         | 2.6                                         | 7.0                                 | 54,030          |
| Other                                | 5.0                                         | 2.5                                         | 7.5                                 | 29,227          |
| Don't know                           | 12.3                                        | 5.1                                         | 17.5                                | 765             |
| Wealth index                         |                                             |                                             |                                     |                 |
| Lowest                               | 7.0                                         | 3.6                                         | 10.6                                | 25,242          |
| Second                               | 7.1                                         | 3.5                                         | 10.6                                | 27,369          |
| Middle                               | 5.6                                         | 2.8                                         | 8.3                                 | 26,001          |
| Fourth                               | 3.7                                         | 2.2                                         | 5.9                                 | 23,383          |
| Highest                              | 1.5                                         | 1.1                                         | 2.5                                 | 19,538          |
| Total                                | 5.2                                         | 2.7                                         | 7.9                                 | 121,533         |