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

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Male and female ₄₀q₃₀ (per 1000 adults) and (e₁₅) by socioeconomic status, 1998–1999, India

Educational level of parents	Female				Male
Educational level of parents	₄₀q₃₀	Ratio	e ₁₅	Difference in e₁₅	₄₀q₃₀	Ratio	e ₁₅	Difference in e₁₅
Illiterate	283	3.2	58.6	3.5	430	1.6	55.1	5.7
Literate®	87	1.0	62.1		271	1.0	60.8
Caste of the parents
SC/SCT	317	1.6	57.8	2.5	380	1.2	55.9	2.9
Other backward classes	200	1.0	60.2	0.1	313	1.0	58.9	− 0.1
General®	197	1.0	60.3		315	1.0	58.8
Religion
Non-Hindu	287	1.3	58.5	1.3	348	1.1	57.3	0.9
Hindu®	226	1.0	59.8		329	1.0	58.2
Education level of the respondent
Illiterate	354	2.0	56.7	3.8	381	1.4	55.8	4.6
Primary school or below	261	1.5	58.9	1.5	362	1.3	56.7	3.7
Secondary school or below	229	1.3	59.6	0.8	344	1.2	57.5	2.9
Higher secondary and Above®	177	1.0	60.5		280	1.0	60.4
Literate	228	1.3	59.7	0.8	346	1.2	57.4	3.0
Income level of respondent family
Less than 50,000 INR	308	2.6	58.2	3.3	379	1.4	55.9	4.9
50,000–100,000 INR	264	2.2	58.8	2.6	355	1.3	57.0	3.8
100000 or Above®	120	1.0	61.5		271	1.0	60.8
Total	230		59.6		331		58.1

Female mortality estimates in Table 4 are based on the information of respondent’s aged 30–34 whereas male mortality estimates are based on 25–34