Research Article
Trends and Patterns of Educational Homogamy in India: A Marriage Cohort Analysis
Table 2
Descriptive statistics for the variables used in the analysis.
| | | Percent | Sample size |
| | Marriage cohort | | | | 1964–1984 | 20.9 | 8205 | | 1985–1995 | 39.1 | 15368 | | 1996–2006 | 40.0 | 15684 |
| | Place of residence | | | | Urban | 47.0 | 18442 | | Rural | 53.0 | 20815 |
| | Education of husband | | | | No education | 21.3 | 8359 | | Primary | 15.5 | 6072 | | Secondary | 47.7 | 18739 | | Higher | 14.7 | 5783 |
| | Education of women | | | | No education | 37.9 | 14866 | | Primary | 15.3 | 6018 | | Secondary | 37.7 | 14793 | | Higher | 9.1 | 3579 |
| | Religion | | | | Hindu | 75.2 | 29525 | | Muslim | 11.8 | 4642 | | Christian | 8.6 | 3361 | | Others | 4.4 | 1729 |
| | Caste | | | | Scheduled caste | 17.2 | 6744 | | Scheduled tribe | 12.2 | 4777 | | Other backward caste | 36.3 | 14241 | | Others | 31.2 | 12237 |
| | Wealth index | | | | Poorest | 11.5 | 4526 | | Poorer | 15.5 | 6101 | | Middle | 20.2 | 7925 | | Richer | 24.4 | 9565 | | Richest | 28.4 | 11140 |
| | Regions | | | | North | 11.0 | 4321 | | Central | 21.5 | 8433 | | East | 9.3 | 3641 | | Northeast | 16.0 | 6299 | | West | 14.8 | 5802 | | South | 27.4 | 10761 |
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