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

Table 6

Probability of children’s education based on parents’ education estimated using ordered logit model, DLHS-3, India, 2007-08.

Education of parents	No education	Primary	Middle & high school	Higher secondary	Graduate
Illiterate wife/illiterate husband	0.50	0.49	0.01	0.00	0.00
Wife with primary education/illiterate husband	0.00	0.20	0.63	0.12	0.05
Wife with high school education/illiterate husband	0.00	0.09	0.56	0.24	0.11
Wife with higher secondary education/illiterate husband	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.17	0.76
Illiterate wife/husband with primary education	0.01	0.45	0.48	0.04	0.01
Wife with primary education/husband with primary education	0.00	0.11	0.60	0.20	0.08
Wife with high school education/husband with primary education	0.00	0.06	0.51	0.28	0.15
Wife with higher secondary education/husband with primary education	0.00	0.02	0.25	0.34	0.39
Graduate wife/husband with primary education	0.00	0.12	0.60	0.19	0.08
Illiterate wife/high school husband	0.00	0.07	0.52	0.27	0.14
Wife with primary education/high school husband	0.00	0.05	0.46	0.30	0.18
Wife with high school education/high school husband	0.00	0.03	0.31	0.35	0.32
Wife with higher secondary education/high school husband	0.00	0.01	0.19	0.32	0.48
Graduate wife/high school husband	0.00	0.01	0.15	0.29	0.55
Illiterate wife/higher secondary husband	0.00	0.04	0.42	0.32	0.21
Wife with primary education/higher secondary husband	0.00	0.03	0.32	0.35	0.31
Wife with high school education/higher secondary husband	0.00	0.01	0.21	0.33	0.45
Wife with higher secondary education/higher secondary husband	0.00	0.01	0.14	0.27	0.58
Graduate wife/higher secondary husband	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.18	0.74
Illiterate wife/graduate husband	0.00	0.02	0.30	0.35	0.33
Wife with primary education/graduate husband	0.00	0.02	0.25	0.34	0.39
Wife with high school education/graduate husband	0.00	0.01	0.16	0.30	0.53
Wife with higher secondary education/graduate husband	0.00	0.01	0.12	0.26	0.61
Graduate wife/graduate husband	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.17	0.76

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