Trends and Patterns of Educational Homogamy in India: A Marriage Cohort Analysis

Table 6

Patterns of marriage by geographic regions NFHS-3 (2005-06), India.

Regions	Homogamy	Hypergamy	Hypogamy	Female; literacy
West	58	32	9	73
Northeast	55	32	13	71
South	56	30	15	68
North	52	41	7	63
East	58	34	8	46
Central	47	48	6	45