Intergenerational Transmission of Education in India: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey

Table 2

Percentage of distribution of educational attainment of husband and wife, DLHS-3, India, 2007-08.

Women’s education	Husbands highest standard of schooling					Total
	No education	Primary	Middle & high school	Higher secondary	Graduate & above
No education	10.2	41.3	41.2	4.7	2.7	100.0
Primary	0.2	35.3	51.6	7.9	5.0	100.0
Middle & high school	0.0	10.8	57.6	16.5	15.0	100.0
Higher secondary	0.0	2.1	28.1	26.3	43.5	100.0
Graduate & above	0.0	0.5	11.5	11.5	76.5	100.0

^*All values are significant at 1% level of significance.