Table 1. Percentage of Children Aged 6–14 Years School Attendance Status in India
From: Child Schooling and Child Work in India: Does Poverty Matter?
School attendance status | Wealth index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest | Poorer | Middle | Richer | Richest | Total | |
Never attended | 29.4 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 15.5 |
Entered in school | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 |
Advanced in school attendance | 52.1 | 64.0 | 72.2 | 79.1 | 83.9 | 69.9 |
Repeated in same class | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
Dropout | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Left school 2+ years ago | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 3.8 |