Children Data Bank
For India

Poverty gap in enrolment and dropout rates among children ages (6-14)
by occupational status of parents, 15 major Indian states, 1994
(percentage points)

                                                        Landholding status                                           Occupational  status
                                        ---------------------------------------------    ----------------------------------------------
State
Enrollment ratesa
Dropout ratesb
Enrollment ratesa
Dropout ratesb
Andhra Pradesh
-7
10
-20
16
Assamc
-35
5
-47
10
Bihar
-30
-1
-42
3
Gujarat
-8
5
-20
12
Haryana
-23
0
-26
2
Karnataka
-13
2
-21
7
Kerala
1
3
2
3
Madhya Pradesh
-16
3
-35
6
Maharashtra
-12
2
-18
7
Orissa
-26
7
-34
10
Punjab
-19
2
-17
3
Rajasthan
-21
2
-39
4
Tamil Nadu
-6
4
-13
11
Uttar Pradesh
-27
1
-13
2
West Bengal
-24
3
-27
8
Average
-18
3
-25
7
Note: Gap between children of landless wage earners and landowners and children of salaried professionals and wage earners.
a: The number of children ever enrolled per hundred in the age group 6-14
b: The average annual discontinuation rate of elementary-school-age children (percentage of ever-enrolled children who discontinued at any time in the age bracket 6-14)
c: Average for northeastern region
Source: NCAER 1994,
Index: Indian Data

Index: International Data

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