and (b) to provide information on important emerging health and family welfare issues.14 The NFHS collected data on fertility, infant and child mortality, the practice of family planning, maternal and child health, reproductive health, nutrition, anemia, utilization and quality of health and family planning services of India. Since 1992-
93, three rounds of the survey have been conducted including the latest survey, the NFHS-3 in 2005-06 which will be used in this study.