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 "meta": {
  "dossier": "gender",
  "product": "gender",
  "source": "National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS), as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025 (table 5.19)",
  "agency": "National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS)",
  "compendiumTable": "5.19",
  "indicatorCode": 138,
  "base": "NFHS-4, 2015-16",
  "frequency": "cross-sectional",
  "unit": "percent",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "NFHS-4, 2015-16",
  "releaseDate": "2026-04-29",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each indicator is final as its underlying source publishes; the compendium is a curated cross-source portrait, never a single survey.",
  "coverage": "Women Participation in Household Decision-Making (NFHS-4, 2015-16)",
  "periodLabels": {
   "2016-01-01": "NFHS-4, 2015-16"
  },
  "cut": "Rural or urban and state",
  "note": "MoSPI's compendium reprints this table from National Family Health Survey, NFHS-4 (2015-16) and NFHS-5 (2019-21), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (IIPS); the figures are that agency's. This bundle holds one instrument only (NFHS-4, 2015-16); the indicator's other instrument is a separate bundle, never joined to this one. Values printed as \"-\" (no observation) or \"NR\" (not reported) are not baked; meta.omitted counts them.",
  "omitted": {}
 },
 "dates": [
  "2016-01-01"
 ],
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   "name": "gender_t138_total__all_india",
   "label": "Total, All India",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    84
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "All India"
  },
  "total__andaman_nicobar_islands": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__andaman_nicobar_islands",
   "label": "Total, Andaman & Nicobar  Islands",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    92.6
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Andaman & Nicobar  Islands"
  },
  "total__andhra_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__andhra_pradesh",
   "label": "Total, Andhra Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    79.9
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Andhra Pradesh"
  },
  "total__arunachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__arunachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Total, Arunachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    89.1
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Arunachal Pradesh"
  },
  "total__assam": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__assam",
   "label": "Total, Assam",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    87.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Assam"
  },
  "total__bihar": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__bihar",
   "label": "Total, Bihar",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    75.2
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Bihar"
  },
  "total__chandigarh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__chandigarh",
   "label": "Total, Chandigarh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    96.6
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Chandigarh"
  },
  "total__chhattisgarh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__chhattisgarh",
   "label": "Total, Chhattisgarh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    90.5
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Chhattisgarh"
  },
  "total__dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_d": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__dadra_nagar_haveli_and_daman_d",
   "label": "Total, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    81.5
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu"
  },
  "total__delhi": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__delhi",
   "label": "Total, Delhi",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    73.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Delhi"
  },
  "total__goa": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__goa",
   "label": "Total, Goa",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    93.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Goa"
  },
  "total__gujarat": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__gujarat",
   "label": "Total, Gujarat",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    85.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Gujarat"
  },
  "total__haryana": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__haryana",
   "label": "Total, Haryana",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    76.7
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Haryana"
  },
  "total__himachal_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__himachal_pradesh",
   "label": "Total, Himachal Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    90.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Himachal Pradesh"
  },
  "total__jammu_kashmir": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__jammu_kashmir",
   "label": "Total, Jammu & Kashmir",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    84
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Jammu & Kashmir"
  },
  "total__jharkhand": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__jharkhand",
   "label": "Total, Jharkhand",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    86.6
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Jharkhand"
  },
  "total__karnataka": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__karnataka",
   "label": "Total, Karnataka",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    80.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Karnataka"
  },
  "total__kerala": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__kerala",
   "label": "Total, Kerala",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    92.1
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Kerala"
  },
  "total__ladakh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__ladakh",
   "label": "Total, Ladakh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    87.6
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Ladakh"
  },
  "total__lakshadweep": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__lakshadweep",
   "label": "Total, Lakshadweep",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    82.1
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Lakshadweep"
  },
  "total__madhya_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__madhya_pradesh",
   "label": "Total, Madhya Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    82.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Madhya Pradesh"
  },
  "total__maharashtra": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__maharashtra",
   "label": "Total, Maharashtra",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    89.3
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Maharashtra"
  },
  "total__manipur": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__manipur",
   "label": "Total, Manipur",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    96.2
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Manipur"
  },
  "total__meghalaya": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__meghalaya",
   "label": "Total, Meghalaya",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    91.4
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Meghalaya"
  },
  "total__mizoram": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__mizoram",
   "label": "Total, Mizoram",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    96
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Mizoram"
  },
  "total__nagaland": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__nagaland",
   "label": "Total, Nagaland",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    97.4
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Nagaland"
  },
  "total__odisha": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__odisha",
   "label": "Total, Odisha",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    81.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Odisha"
  },
  "total__puducherry": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__puducherry",
   "label": "Total, Puducherry",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    85.1
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Puducherry"
  },
  "total__punjab": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__punjab",
   "label": "Total, Punjab",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    90.2
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Punjab"
  },
  "total__rajasthan": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__rajasthan",
   "label": "Total, Rajasthan",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    81.7
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Rajasthan"
  },
  "total__sikkim": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__sikkim",
   "label": "Total, Sikkim",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    95.3
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Sikkim"
  },
  "total__tamil_nadu": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__tamil_nadu",
   "label": "Total, Tamil Nadu",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    84
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Tamil Nadu"
  },
  "total__telangana": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__telangana",
   "label": "Total, Telangana",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    81
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Telangana"
  },
  "total__tripura": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__tripura",
   "label": "Total, Tripura",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    91.7
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Tripura"
  },
  "total__uttarakhand": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__uttarakhand",
   "label": "Total, Uttarakhand",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    89.8
   ],
   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Uttarakhand"
  },
  "total__uttar_pradesh": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__uttar_pradesh",
   "label": "Total, Uttar Pradesh",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    81.7
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "Uttar Pradesh"
  },
  "total__west_bengal": {
   "name": "gender_t138_total__west_bengal",
   "label": "Total, West Bengal",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "unit": "percent",
   "data": [
    89.9
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   "group": "Total",
   "geo": "West Bengal"
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}