WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT
 Chart 2 showing percentage of boys and girls attending school in the
2005-06 year,NHFS-3,India
BoysGirls
85
81 80
75
70
66

49

34

6-17 years 6-10 years 11-14 years 15-17 years

Chart1-Trends in the sex ratio(females per

1,000
940 males) age 0-6 years, india
935
934
930
925 926 Trends in the sex ratio(females per
920 1,000 males) age 0-6 years, india
 910
NHFS-1(1992-93)NHFS-2(1998-99)NHFS-3(2005-06)

Chart 3 showing percentage literate among women and men

age
15-49 by age, NFHS-3,india
WomenMen
89
84
81
74 76
70 69 68
64
55
48
43
40 38

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49

Women Men
Divorced/ Divorced/
Never Never
Married Seperated/ Widowed Total Married Seperated/ Widowed Total
married married
Deserted Deserted
Residence
Urban 27.1 66.4 63.4 29 29.3 98.8 94.8 97.7 63.9 84
Rural 49.8 71.5 70.9 42.1 49.4 98.8 94.2 98.5 68.1 88.7
Age
15-19 31.4 60.4 56.8 34 33.4 87.6 100 0 49.3 50.4
20-29 37 64.4 68.6 42.2 38.5 98.5 98.8 100 82 90.3
30-39 48.8 76 75.8 58.7 50.6 99.3 93.8 98.7 95.6 99
40-49 47.7 70 64 58.3 49.7 98.8 91.2 97.7 85.3 98.5
Education in years of study
None 55.4 77.5 75.2 58.6 57 99.2 94.2 98.7 95.5 98.6
0-4
45.7 68.6 71.5 55.7 48.8 99.2 88.2 97.5 92.6 97.6
years
5-9
30.9 61.9 51.8 37.3 33.6 99 96.6 97.4 70.4 87.2
years

10-11
21.5 44.1 47.1 22.3 22.3 99.1 99.8 100 50.2 74.7
years

12+
29.8 60.4 67.8 31.3 31 97.5 92.8 100 56.3 79.7
years

Wealth quintile
82.
Lowest 61.5 83.8 58.4 62.4 99.1 89.1 99.9 78.3 93.8
3
76.
Second 53.8 70.7 50.6 54.4 98.9 93.9 96.5 74.5 91.2
2
69.
Middle 47 71.8 42.2 47.3 98.8 96.6 98.3 70.4 88.5
8
60.
Fourth 32.7 60.9 30.8 33.5 98.8 96.7 97.3 67.1 85.9
9
44.
Highest 21.5 52.1 22.4 22.5 98.6 99.5 99.4 53.2 78.8
1
68.
Total 42.8 69.7 36.8 42.8 98.8 94.4 98.3 66.3 87
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