Gender differentials in inequality of educational opportunities: New evidence from an Indian youth study

Singh, Ashish and Singh, Abhishek and Pallikadavath, Saseendran and Ram, Faujdar (2014) Gender differentials in inequality of educational opportunities: New evidence from an Indian youth study. The European Journal of Development Research, 26 (5). pp. 707-724. ISSN 0957-8811

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Abstract

Using data from the ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs’ survey, this article provides perhaps the first estimates of inequality of opportunity in schooling outcomes for males and females separately for six Indian states. The inequality of educational opportunity in completion of primary (and secondary) schooling among females is more than twice (and nearly twice) that among males. Further, among females, only 20 per cent of total schooling opportunities needed for universal completion of secondary schooling are available and equitably distributed, a figure substantially lower than that for males (35 per cent). We also find stark inter-state variations in gender differential in inequality of educational opportunities.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Singh, Ashish and Singh, Abhishek and Pallikadavath, Saseendran and Ram, Faujdar
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Social problems & services Social sciences > Education
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7380
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2013.35

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