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Table 5 Indian widow distribution by age bracket in 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 – percentage out total female population of the respective age bracket

From: An emergentist vs a linear approach to social change processes: a gender look in contemporary India between modernity and Hindu tradition

Fasce d’età

Vedove

1971

1981

1991

2001

15-19

0,34%

0,21%

0,18%

0,20%

20-24

0,9%

0,69%

0,59%

0,68%

25-29

1,85%

1,5%

1,15%

1,37%

30-34

3,95%

3,12%

2,32%

2,59%

35-39

6,99%

5,42%

3,94%

4,45%

40-44

14,19%

10,86%

7,71%

7,71%

45-49

20,42%

15,96%

11,16%

11,31%

50-54

36,55%

29,72%

21,93%

20,18%

55-59

41,07%

31,79%

23,76%

21,95%

60-64

62,55%

56,07%

45,24%

40%

65+

74,11%

70,34%

59,83%

56,62%

  1. Source: Census of India, marriage statistic 2001.