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

Table 9

Educational attainment of children obtained from two randomly selected samples using the model of intergenerational transmission, 2007-08.

Mother’s education	Primary	Middle & high school	Higher secondary	Graduate & above
Sample 1
No education	24.84	54.26	13.64	6.69
Primary	7.20	49.34	27.19	16.28
Middle & high school	22.16	22.85	28.08	26.91
Higher secondary	1.00	14.95	28.31	55.75
Graduate	0.51	8.37	19.07	72.06
Sample 2
No education	34.74	38.31	15.52	10.45
Primary	6.84	49.72	26.93	16.51
Middle & high school	22.56	23.54	27.03	26.87
Higher secondary	1.04	15.33	28.02	55.61
Graduate	0.22	7.63	17.26	74.89