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

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STAT	India	Yemen	HISTORY
Childless women, aged 40-44	8% Ranked 14th. Twice as much as Yemen	4% Ranked 4th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method	54.8% Ranked 14th. 98% more than Yemen	27.7% Ranked 39th.
Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage	54.8% Ranked 14th. 98% more than Yemen	27.7% Ranked 39th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom	5.5% Ranked 12th. 14 times more than Yemen	0.4% Ranked 49th.
Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage	5.5% Ranked 12th. 14 times more than Yemen	0.4% Ranked 49th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods	48.1% Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Yemen	19.2% Ranked 33th.
Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage	48.1% Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Yemen	19.2% Ranked 33th.
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."	In practice, "Yemeni law allows girls of any age to wed, but it forbids sex with them until the indefinite time they are 'suitable for sexual intercourse'." Following the widely publicised divorce of a 10 year-old girl in 2008, and a 6 year old married, there have been public and parliamentary efforts to raise the age to 17 or 18.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men	21 Ranked 14th. 40% more than Yemen	15 Ranked 1st.
Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women	18 Ranked 63th. 20% more than Yemen	15 Ranked 1st.
Teen marriage rate > Women	27.6 Ranked 3rd. 60% more than Yemen	17.2 Ranked 1st.
Women denied family planning	20.5% Ranked 4th.	40% Ranked 1st. 95% more than India
Years spent single before marriage > Females	19.9 years Ranked 17th.	20.7 years Ranked 4th. 4% more than India

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