10–14 years | 15–19 years | Total | ||||
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N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Literacy | ||||||
Cannot read | 260 | 14.6 | 347 | 22.5 | 607 | 18.3 |
Reads with difficulty | 677 | 38.0 | 311 | 20.2 | 988 | 29.7 |
Reads easily | 845 | 47.4 | 884 | 57.3 | 1729 | 52.0 |
School attendance | ||||||
Never attended school | 65 | 3.7 | 208 | 13.5 | 273 | 8.2 |
Previously attended school | 136 | 7.6 | 624 | 40.5 | 760 | 22.9 |
Currently attends school or college | 1581 | 88.7 | 710 | 46.0 | 2291 | 68.9 |
Reasons for never attending school (n = 273) a | ||||||
Education not considered necessary | 9 | 13.8 | 47 | 22.6 | 56 | 20.5 |
Required for work on the family farm or in the family business | 18 | 27.7 | 87 | 41.8 | 105 | 38.5 |
Costs too much money | 12 | 18.5 | 54 | 26.0 | 66 | 24.2 |
Required for household work | 35 | 53.8 | 110 | 52.9 | 145 | 53.1 |
Reasons for dropping out of school (n = 760) a | ||||||
Required for household work | 57 | 41.9 | 228 | 36.5 | 285 | 37.5 |
Required for work on the family farm or in the family business | 31 | 22.8 | 140 | 22.4 | 171 | 22.5 |
Failed exams | 6 | 4.4 | 131 | 21.0 | 137 | 18.0 |
Illness or death of family member | 29 | 21.3 | 99 | 15.9 | 128 | 16.8 |
Got married | 2 | 1.5 | 114 | 18.3 | 116 | 15.3 |
Absence in the past 2 weeks (n = 2267) | 725 | 46.0 | 274 | 39.6 | 999 | 44.1 |
Reason for absence (n = 999) | ||||||
Festival | 106 | 14.6 | 31 | 11.3 | 137 | 13.7 |
Strikes/bandhs | 13 | 1.8 | 7 | 2.6 | 20 | 2.0 |
Required to work on family farm or in the family business | 151 | 20.8 | 76 | 27.7 | 227 | 22.7 |
Required for household work | 195 | 26.9 | 69 | 25.2 | 264 | 26.4 |
Death or illness of a family member | 28 | 3.9 | 9 | 3.3 | 37 | 3.7 |
Personal illness | 139 | 19.2 | 33 | 12.0 | 172 | 17.2 |
No reason | 43 | 5.9 | 17 | 6.2 | 60 | 6.0 |
Other | 50 | 6.9 | 32 | 11.7 | 82 | 8.2 |
Received vocational training in the last year | 12 | 0.7 | 33 | 2.1 | 45 | 1.4 |