Research Article
Trends and Patterns of Educational Homogamy in India: A Marriage Cohort Analysis
Table 4
Educational attainment of couples by marriage cohort and place of residence.
| Marriage cohort | Place of residence | Education of women | Education of men | Homogamy | No education | Primary | Secondary | Higher |
| 1964–1984 | Urban | No education | 14.0 | 8.9 | 12 | 1.3 | | Primary | 1.5 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 1.4 | | Secondary | 1.1 | 2.8 | 25.9 | 9.7 | | Higher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 49.7 | Rural | No education | 33.6 | 13.5 | 18 | 1.4 | | Primary | 2.1 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 0.9 | | Secondary | 0.4 | 1.6 | 11.0 | 2.2 | | Higher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 50.2 |
| 1985–1995 | Urban | No education | 10.1 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 0.8 | | Primary | 2.0 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 0.7 | | Secondary | 1.8 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 9.5 | | Higher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11.4 | 55.4 | Rural | No education | 28.6 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 0.9 | | Primary | 3.5 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 0.6 | | Secondary | 1.4 | 3.0 | 16.6 | 4.5 | | Higher | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 50.6 |
| 1996–2006 | Urban | No education | 6.2 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 0.4 | | Primary | 1.6 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | | Secondary | 2.2 | 4.8 | 38.2 | 9.2 | | Higher | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 15.8 | 62.7 | Rural | No education | 16.2 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 0.5 | | Primary | 2.9 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 0.7 | | Secondary | 2.4 | 4.1 | 29.1 | 6.9 | | Higher | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 52.6 |
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