Trends and Patterns of Educational Homogamy in India: A Marriage Cohort Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Region</td><td class="align_left">States</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">North</td><td class="align_left">Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttaranchal</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Central</td><td class="align_left">Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">East</td><td class="align_left">Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Northeast</td><td class="align_left">Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">West</td><td class="align_left">Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">South</td><td class="align_left">Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Classification of states into different geographic regions of India according to NFHS-3 criteria.

International Journal of Population Research

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Table 1: Trends and Patterns of Educational Homogamy in India: A Marriage Cohort Analysis 