Table B. School Attendance as “Entered School” 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 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 10.0 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 9.3 |
Assam | 8.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
Bihar | 9.1 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 6.5 | 9.9 |
Chhattisgarh | 11.6 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 10.8 |
Delhi | 16.7 | 4.2 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 6.3 | 7.4 |
Goa | 9.2 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
Gujarat | 6.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
Haryana | 6.6 | 7.2 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 6.6 |
Himachal Pradesh | 0.0 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
Jharkhand | 12.3 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 9.3 | 12.1 |
J & K | 6.5 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 7.6 |
Karnataka | 7.6 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 9.1 |
Kerala | 15.2 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
Madhya Pradesh | 8.9 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
Maharashtra | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.5 |
Manipur | 11.1 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
Meghalaya | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
Mizoram | 14.0 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
Nagaland | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
Odisha | 8.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
Punjab | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
Rajasthan | 9.9 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.1 |
Sikkim | 22.0 | 18.1 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 12.7 |
Tamil Nadu | 6.8 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
Tripura | 11.4 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 8.1 |
Uttar Pradesh | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 8.2 |
Uttaranchal | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
West Bengal | 11.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 |
India | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 |