Incidence of Child Labour and Child Schooling in India: Pattern and Determinants

Table 1

Level of education among child labourers in India by region and sex, 2004-2005.

Level of education	Rural		Urban
	Male (%)	Female (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)
Not literate	44.87	52.24	48.13	47.46
Literate but below primary	19.28	15.01	23.26	17.51
Primary	27.28	23.23	23.26	29.94
Middle	8.00	8.80	5.08	4.52
Above middle	0.57	0.72	0.00	0.00
Total	100	100	100	100