Table A. School Attendance as “Never Attended” Linked with Poverty Status by State
From: Child Schooling and Child Work in India: Does Poverty Matter?
Name of states/UTs | Wealth index | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poorest | Poorer | Middle | Richer | Richest | Total | |
Andhra Pradesh | 20.5 | 13.2 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 10.1 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 43.2 | 32.8 | 19.6 | 12.4 | 18.0 | 26.7 |
Assam | 15.4 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
Bihar | 57.8 | 43.1 | 27.1 | 18.8 | 13.9 | 39.4 |
Chhattisgarh | 21.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 13.8 |
Delhi | 50.0 | 47.9 | 24.0 | 13.9 | 4.5 | 10.2 |
Goa | 23.1 | 13.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 7.2 |
Gujarat | 32.4 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 7.8 |
Haryana | 36.5 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 12.6 |
Himachal Pradesh | 14.7 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
Jharkhand | 33.3 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 25.2 |
J & K | 33.7 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 12.5 |
Karnataka | 25.9 | 13.8 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 11.4 |
Kerala | 9.1 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
Madhya Pradesh | 31.0 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 20.1 |
Maharashtra | 23.2 | 11.6 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 8.4 |
Manipur | 36.5 | 34.2 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 6.3 | 19.3 |
Meghalaya | 70.4 | 48.7 | 32.3 | 15.9 | 5.3 | 33.4 |
Mizoram | 37.2 | 20.8 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 9.7 |
Nagaland | 62.8 | 44.4 | 26.4 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 29.6 |
Odisha | 22.0 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 12.5 |
Punjab | 49.1 | 24.2 | 17.0 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 10.8 |
Rajasthan | 34.1 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 18.5 |
Sikkim | 34.1 | 26.6 | 24.5 | 16.0 | 17.4 | 20.7 |
Tamil Nadu | 5.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
Tripura | 30.3 | 11.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
Uttar Pradesh | 26.6 | 20.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 9.5 | 19.7 |
Uttaranchal | 13.9 | 11.9 | 8.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
West Bengal | 22.9 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 14.3 |
India | 29.4 | 19.1 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 15.5 |