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	Characteristics
1	Median age at marriage among women 20-49 (years)	16.7
2	Median age at first birth among women 20-49 (years)	19.6
3	Maternal mortality ratio (deaths per 100,000 pregnancies)	540
4	Percent of births where mothers were assisted at delivery by a:
	Doctor (%)	30.3
	Nurse/midwife (%)	11.4
	Traditional birth attendant (%)	35.0
5	Percent regularly exposed to mass media (%)	59.7
6	Percent working in the past 12 months (%)	39.2
Source: National Family Health Survey, Round 2, 1998-99

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