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

Table 5

Educational homogamy by marriage cohort (1964–2006) and selected background characteristics of women in India.

Marriage cohort	Homogamy	Hypergamy	Hypogamy	Proportion of
1996–2006				Hypergamy to homogamy	Hypogamy to homogamy
1964–1984
Religion
Hindu	50	45	5	0.91	0.09
Muslim	50	45	5	0.89	0.11
Christian	54	36	10	0.67	0.18
Others	52	44	4	0.86	0.08
Caste
Scheduled caste	55	42	3	0.77	0.06
Scheduled tribe	65	31	4	0.48	0.06
Other backward classes	48	47	5	0.97	0.1
Others	46	48	6	1.05	0.12
Wealth quintile
Poorest	65	32	3	0.5	0.04
Poorer	54	41	5	0.77	0.08
Middle	45	49	5	1.09	0.12
Richer	42	53	6	1.27	0.14
Richest	48	47	5	0.97	0.11
1985–1995
Religion
Hindu	51	41	8	0.81	0.17
Muslim	57	33	10	0.57	0.17
Christian	57	27	16	0.47	0.28
Others	59	31	10	0.53	0.17
Caste
Scheduled caste	50	41	8	0.82	0.16
Scheduled tribe	59	36	5	0.61	0.08
Other backward classes	50	41	9	0.83	0.18
Others	54	36	10	0.67	0.18
Wealth quintile
Poorest	60	35	5	0.58	0.08
Poorer	50	42	9	0.85	0.17
Middle	44	46	10	1.03	0.23
Richer	45	43	13	0.95	0.28
Richest	61	32	7	0.51	0.12
1996–2006
Religion
Hindu	55	34	11	0.62	0.21
Muslim	57	28	15	0.49	0.26
Christian	63	22	15	0.35	0.25
Others	61	28	11	0.46	0.18
Caste
Scheduled caste	51	38	10	0.75	0.2
Scheduled tribe	54	34	11	0.63	0.2
Other backward classes	54	34	12	0.63	0.22
Others	61	27	12	0.44	0.2
Wealth quintile
Poorest	57	33	10	0.58	0.17
Poorer	45	41	14	0.92	0.3
Middle	50	36	14	0.73	0.28
Richer	57	33	10	0.58	0.18
Richest	68	22	11	0.32	0.16