Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India: Education

National Sample Survey Office Nsso

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Abstract: Key Indicators of Social Consumption in India on Education Show Continued Gender Gap and Rural Urban Differences. In rural areas, literacy rate was seen as 71% compared to 86% in urban areas. Also among persons of age 7 years and above male literacy rate being substantially higher (83%) than female literacy rate (67%). Similarly it was found in the rural areas, nearly 4.5% of males and 2.2% of females completed education level of ‘graduation and above’ while in the urban areas 17% of males and 13% of females completed this level of education. These were the details found from survey on “Social Consumption: Education†during National Sample Survey (NSS) 71st Round, January to June 2014 conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Keywords: education; India; National Sample Survey; Finance; Computers; Internet; Information; literacy rate; gender gap; Social Consumption; Net Attendance Ratio (NAR) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-11
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