Population
Mother's age at childbirth
The majority of births every year in India are to women in their twenties. But as family sizes decline, the age at which women have their children is changing in unusual ways
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Introducing Data For India
We built Data For India to expand everyone’s understanding of India through the data. We're beginning with six key socio-economic verticals - insights, charts and access to the underlying data
Measurement
Measuring Mortality
Why is it so difficult to accurately estimate how many people die every year, and of what?
Health
India's disease transition
India is in the midst of a key public health transition, with communicable diseases now accounting for a falling share of deaths
Health
Anaemia in India
India has higher than expected levels of anaemia. Could measurement be part of the explanation?
Living Conditions
Access to drinking water
Most Indians now have access to clean drinking water, but progress on tap water has been slower.
Work
Employment in India
Who is in India’s labour force, who is out of it, what work people in the labour force do, and who is unemployed
Economy
The move away from agriculture
As countries industrialise and grow, the contribution of agriculture to the economy starts to fall. But the pathways from there on are diverse, and India is in some ways unique.
Measurement
Measuring employment and unemployment
What is work in Indian statistics, how is work captured, and who is defined as unemployed
Economy
GDP and per capita income
India's economy is now the fifth largest in the world and is growing faster than most comparable countries. At the individual level, however, it is some distance from the world's richest countries.
Work
Women and work in India
Many women are out of India's paid workforce. But they're working - just not in the same ways as men.
Living Conditions
Access to phones and the internet
The last two decades have seen a massive increase in the number of mobile phone connections in India. But not everyone uses phones and the internet in the same way.
Population
Mortality in India
Over the last 50 years, India has radically lowered the risk of dying young
Population
Population growth in India
After decades of growing faster than the world, India's population growth has slowed down dramatically
