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Why the literacy rate varies from different sectors of society |
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Answer» Answer: There is a wide gender disparity in the literacy rate in India: effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) in 2011 were 82.14% for men and 65.46% for women.[6]The low female literacy rate has a dramatically negative impact on family planning and population stabillisation efforts in India. Studies have indicated that female literacy is a strong PREDICTOR of the use of contraception among married Indian couples, even when women do not OTHERWISE have economic independence.[7] The census provided a positive indication that growth in female literacy rates (11.8%) was substantially faster than in MALE literacy rates (6.9%) in the 2001–2011 decadal period, which means the gender gap appears to be NARROW. |
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