Journal of Population Sciences
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 |