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Table C. School Attendance as “Advanced” Linked with Poverty Status by States

From: Child Schooling and Child Work in India: Does Poverty Matter?

Name of states/UTs

Wealth index

 

Poorest

Poorer

Middle

Richer

Richest

Total

Andhra Pradesh

62.6

68.7

76.3

83.4

90.4

76.8

Arunachal Pradesh

34.3

43.5

59.7

68.9

68.0

52.9

Assam

62.6

78.6

79.7

88.1

85.7

76.4

Bihar

29.6

42.5

59.8

68.2

78.6

47.7

Chhattisgarh

53.4

68.6

74.7

80.4

85.1

65.0

Delhi

33.3

36.6

57.7

65.9

86.9

77.2

Goa

52.3

70.8

72.9

73.9

82.6

77.2

Gujarat

46.2

66.7

71.6

82.1

89.2

75.7

Haryana

48.5

59.2

72.6

80.1

85.0

74.1

Himachal Pradesh

76.5

80.7

89.8

93.2

94.0

90.8

Jharkhand

44.7

57.9

65.1

69.1

71.7

53.9

J & K

53.3

64.5

73.2

78.4

77.5

73.4

Karnataka

53.5

67.7

74.8

78.1

81.1

71.7

Kerala

66.7

76.4

79.5

85.8

83.7

83.4

Madhya Pradesh

54.5

68.5

72.8

80.0

82.8

65.7

Maharashtra

57.1

71.0

77.2

84.1

85.2

77.1

Manipur

44.4

52.7

71.7

78.9

85.1

70.7

Meghalaya

20.6

42.3

55.8

74.5

86.3

56.7

Mizoram

39.5

64.2

79.9

83.2

88.3

81.3

Nagaland

27.7

44.5

65.2

76.4

76.5

61.9

Odisha

56.5

76.6

83.3

90.4

89.5

71.0

Punjab

35.1

54.9

66.7

79.9

83.9

75.9

Rajasthan

48.1

66.1

68.3

79.8

85.5

66.4

Sikkim

34.1

38.6

53.1

66.9

64.8

57.7

Tamil Nadu

81.6

83.4

85.9

85.8

87.7

85.2

Tripura

47.0

69.5

77.0

86.5

84.7

72.2

Uttar Pradesh

57.0

63.5

67.5

71.7

82.2

65.4

Uttaranchal

73.1

77.1

77.6

83.0

87.3

81.0

West Bengal

53.0

65.7

74.2

78.0

80.2

66.3

India

52.1

64.0

72.2

79.1

83.9

69.9