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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2008 Mar;19(2):294–301. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181632c75

Table 2.

Adult education and caste, household wealth and urbanization

Years of education of head of household Years of education of spouse
Median (Mean) Median (Mean)
Caste
Scheduled caste 2.5 (3.8) 0 (1.4)
Scheduled tribe 3.0 (4.0) 0 (2.1)
Other backward caste 4.0 (4.7) 0 (2.1)
No caste 4.0 (4.2) 0 (2.4)
Other caste 6.0 (6.2) 0 (3.4)

Household wealth
Poorest quintile 0 (2.2) 0 (0.5)
Second quintile 2.0 (3.4) 0 (1.0)
Third quintile 4.0 (4.5) 0 (1.9)
Fourth quintile 6.0 (5.8) 0 (2.9)
Top quintile 10.0 (9.1) 6 (6.1)

Urbanization
Village 3.0 (4.1) 0 (1.6)
Town 7.0 (6.8) 2.0 (4.2)
Small city 8.0 (7.2) 4.0 (4.5)
Large city 9.0 (8.1) 5.0 (5.7)

Analysis on complete cases, N = 66367.