Children Data Bank
For India

Gender gap in enrollment (1993-94) and non-attendance rates
(1992-93) for selected groups, 15 major Indian states
(percentage points)


                                                  Enrollment Rate, 1993-94                                   Attendance rate, 1992-93a
                                                              _________________________________________    ______________________________
State  All Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Rural All Rural Urban
Andhra Pradesh
-16
-22
-44
-23
-17
-20
-9
Assam
-9
-18
-25
-19
-6
-8
-7
Bihar
-42
-52
-32
-30
-35
-26
-17
Gujarat
-25
-11
-36
-32
-14
-17
-7
Haryana
-15
-29
--
-28
-13
-16
-2
Karnataka
-9
-20
-26
-26
-12
-16
-5
Kerala
-3
-2
0
-8
0
0
1
Madhya Pradesh
-26
-29
-30
-31
-14
-18
-3
Maharashtra
-9
-22
-22
-29
-10
-14
-3
Orissa
-39
-61
-67
-29
-15
-16
-10
Punjab
-5
-14
--
-17
-6
-8
0
Rajasthan
-59
-73
-73
-36
-34
-39
-12
Tamil Nadu
-8
-15
-23
-25
-7
-11
-1
Uttar Pradesh
-31
-46
-34
-33
-25
-29
-7
West Bengal
-1
-8
-4
-24
-10
-9
-11
All India
-22
-32
-35
-26
-17
-20
-6
-Not available
a. The attendance rate is the percentage of population ages 6-14 in school.
Source : For enrollment rates, India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 1994c; for attendance rates, IIPS 1995.
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