While data show an uptick in school education and access to internet among women, deep-rooted gender norms continue to shape their life outcomes20.1% of women aged 20-24 years were married before the legal age of 18 – a modest improvement from 23.3% in the previous survey. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data, 2023-24, tell a complex story of Indian women — with significant gains in education, digital access and economic agency, but also persistent social constraints including low property ownership, being married before the legal age of 18 and bearing the burden of family planning.The survey shows that 73.7% of women have attended school, an uptick from 71.8% recorded in NFHS-5 survey (2019–21), women with over ten years of schooling also went up from 41% to 46.4%, while internet use among women has nearly doubled from 33.2% to 64.3%.
