People > Marriage, divorce and children Stats: compare key data on India & Tanzania

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STAT	India	Tanzania	HISTORY
Contraception use among married women > Any method	54.8% Ranked 14th. 59% more than Tanzania	34.4% Ranked 16th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage	54.8% Ranked 14th. 59% more than Tanzania	34.4% Ranked 16th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom	5.5% Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Tanzania	2.3% Ranked 17th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage	5.5% Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Tanzania	2.3% Ranked 17th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods	48.1% Ranked 13th. 84% more than Tanzania	26.1% Ranked 14th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage	48.1% Ranked 13th. 84% more than Tanzania	26.1% Ranked 14th.
Marriageable age > Females	18 Ranked 6th. 20% more than Tanzania	15 Ranked 18th.
Marriageable age > Males	21 Ranked 2nd. 17% more than Tanzania	18 Ranked 15th.
Marriageable age > Notes	url= http://india.gov.in/howdo/howdoi.php?service=3 |title=Obtain Marriage Certificate - How do I: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2013-01-14}}</ref> If any partner(s) engages in marriage at a younger age, (s)he can ask for the marriage to be declared void. A recent recommendation by the Law Commission aims to equalize the marriage age for males and females to 18. Official policy automatically declares marriages under 16 as "null and void", while marriages at the age of 16 or 17 are "voidable". In 2012, high court has declared that Muslim women can marry at 15. Additionally, the report declares that "In spite of these legal provisions, child marriage is still widely practiced and a marriage solemnized in contravention of these provisions is not void even under the new PCMA, 1929, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and also under the Muslim Law."	15 with court permission if specific circumstances make marriage appear desirable. The Penal Code provides that persons of "African or Asiatic descent" may marry or permit marriage of a girl under 12 in accordance with their custom or religion if marriage is not intended to be consummated before she is 12.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men	21 Ranked 14th. 17% more than Tanzania	18 Ranked 130th.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women	18 Ranked 63th. The same as Tanzania	18 Ranked 116th.
Teen marriage rate > Women	27.6 Ranked 3rd. 40% more than Tanzania	19.7 Ranked 7th.
Women denied family planning	20.5% Ranked 4th.	25.3% Ranked 7th. 23% more than India
Years spent single before marriage > Females	19.9 years Ranked 17th.	20.5 years Ranked 19th. 3% more than India
Years spent single before marriage > Males	24.9 years Ranked 15th.	25.1 years Ranked 17th. 1% more than India

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