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

Table 4

Educational attainment of couples by marriage cohort and place of residence.

Marriage cohort	Place of residence	Education of women	Education of men				Homogamy
			No education	Primary	Secondary	Higher
1964–1984	Urban	No education	14.0	8.9	12	1.3
		Primary	1.5	4.0	10.3	1.4
		Secondary	1.1	2.8	25.9	9.7
		Higher	0.0	0.0	1.3	5.8	49.7
	Rural	No education	33.6	13.5	18	1.4
		Primary	2.1	5.2	8.6	0.9
		Secondary	0.4	1.6	11.0	2.2
		Higher	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	50.2
1985–1995	Urban	No education	10.1	5.0	9.5	0.8
		Primary	2.0	3.4	8.7	0.7
		Secondary	1.8	4.0	30.5	9.5
		Higher	0.0	0.0	2.5	11.4	55.4
	Rural	No education	28.6	10.5	16.7	0.9
		Primary	3.5	4.1	7.6	0.6
		Secondary	1.4	3.0	16.6	4.5
		Higher	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	50.6
1996–2006	Urban	No education	6.2	2.9	5.4	0.4
		Primary	1.6	2.5	5.0	0.5
		Secondary	2.2	4.8	38.2	9.2
		Higher	0.1	0.0	5.1	15.8	62.7
	Rural	No education	16.2	7.0	12.9	0.5
		Primary	2.9	4.2	8.4	0.7
		Secondary	2.4	4.1	29.1	6.9
		Higher	0.0	0.1	1.4	3.1	52.6