Srinagar, July 10, 2021 (PPI-OT):In a major concern, at least 27 per cent of women population of 20 to 49 years age group has not married while the 35 per cent of men of the same age group are sailing on the same boat in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), reveal the findings of a survey conducted by the Indian Government.

The official figures of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare accessed stated that around twenty-seven per cent of women aged 20-49 years have never married, compared to 35 per cent of men aged 20-49.”

The documents reveal that the average age of getting married in Jammu and Kashmir is 23.6 years among women of 25-49 years. It also revealed that five per cent of women of 20-24 years of age got married before attaining the legal minimum age of 18 years. The figures are down from 9 per cent in the previous survey.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare figures also revealed that only at least nine per cent of men with an age of 25-29 years were married before the legal minimum age of 21 years.

Meanwhile, the survey has also claimed that the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Jammu and Kashmir is 1.4 children per woman, which is below the replacement level of fertility. Fertility has decreased by 0.6 children between the previous and the updated survey of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

“The total fertility rate in urban areas is 1.2 children per woman, and in rural areas 2.5 children per woman respectively, which are below the replacement level,” it reads.

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