School Dropout of Girls: A Study on Selected Indian States
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2025-03-01
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Emerald Publishing Limited
Abstract
Exploration of District Level Household Survey 4 data show that among
the selected states, Karnataka, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura, Telengana, Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh show higher rates of school
dropout of girls compared to the all India level. Using multilevel probit
technique, the study shows that the incidence of school dropout of girls decreases if the first born of the parents is male and mother is more educated
than father while it increases with lower asset endowment, land-holding
and high spousal age-gap between parents. Further it is high among the
Muslim religion and schedule caste category.