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Table 2 Percentage of ever-married women aged 15–49 with mother/father living by socioeconomic status, India Human Development Survey, 2011–2012

From: Socioeconomic disparity in adult mortality in India: estimations using the orphanhood method

 

Maternal orphanhood

Paternal orphanhood

% Alive

Total

% Alive

Total

Literacy status of the respondent’s parent

 Illiterate

75.16

24,992

51.02

17,940

 Literate

86.58

8172

70.25

15,140

Caste

 General castes

79.09

9815

60.15

9815

 Other backward castes

78.77

13,464

60.74

13,464

 Scheduled castes and tribes

75.38

9933

57.54

9933

Religion

 Hindu

78.14

28,349

59.83

28,349

 Non-Hindu

76.19

4906

58.46

4906

Education level of the respondent

 Illiterate

69.75

11,856

50.35

11,856

 Primary school or below

77.06

5326

56.98

5326

 Secondary school or below

83.13

11,206

65.43

11,206

 Higher secondary and above

86.32

4876

71.76

4876

 Literatea

82.34

21408

64.77

21408

Income of offspring’s family

 Less than 50,000 INR

76.8

9573

59.52

9573

 50,000 to 100,000 INR

77.52

9904

58.35

9904

 100,000 INR or above

78.83

13,788

60.63

13,788

Total

77.86

33,265

59.63

33,265

  1. Source: Authors’ own calculation from IHDS data, 2011–2012
  2. Literate respondents are all educated (primary school and above) respondents together