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Table E. School Attendance as “Drop out” 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

2.9

4.3

2.1

1.6

0.0

2.2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.0

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.3

Assam

2.4

1.7

1.2

0.9

0.0

1.5

Bihar

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.7

Chhattisgarh

2.9

1.8

1.1

1.1

0.0

2.0

Delhi

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.9

0.2

0.4

Goa

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.1

Gujarat

3.3

1.9

2.3

1.4

0.5

1.6

Haryana

1.2

1.4

0.6

0.6

0.0

0.6

Himachal Pradesh

8.8

1.1

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.4

Jharkhand

0.5

0.6

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.4

J & K

0.0

1.1

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.4

Karnataka

1.8

1.1

1.2

0.5

0.1

0.9

Kerala

0.0

1.1

0.7

0.2

0.1

0.3

Madhya Pradesh

0.8

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.0

0.8

Maharashtra

3.4

2.5

2.2

1.3

0.4

1.7

Manipur

3.2

0.9

0.6

0.0

0.2

0.5

Meghalaya

0.0

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

Mizoram

0.0

0.0

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.6

Nagaland

1.3

1.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.7

Odisha

4.0

3.1

2.1

.8

0.0

2.9

Punjab

3.5

2.5

1.3

1.6

0.4

1.2

Rajasthan

2.8

2.4

3.1

1.0

1.2

2.3

Sikkim

0.0

1.5

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.3

Tamil Nadu

1.6

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.4

Tripura

1.6

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

Uttar Pradesh

2.5

2.2

1.8

1.0

0.4

1.9

Uttaranchal

0.0

1.1

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.3

West Bengal

2.3

1.5

1.0

1.6

0.4

1.6

India

2.0

1.6

1.2

0.7

0.2

1.2