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

Table 3

Percentage of distribution of children’s education by mother’s education, DLHS-3, India, 2007-08.

Women’s education	Years of schooling for children					Total
	No education	Primary	Middle & high school	Higher secondary	Graduate & above
No education	5.2	30.7	37.2	17.3	9.4	100.0
Primary	0.0	8.3	49.2	25.1	17.4	100.0
Middle & high School	0.1	2.2	29.4	31.6	36.7	100.0
Higher secondary	0.0	0.7	9.5	34.9	55.0	100.0
Graduate & above	0.0	0.1	4.0	23.1	72.8	100.0

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