Table 2

Education: Percent Distribution by Gender and Age Groups

Education Participation Rate	All	Female					Male
Education Participation Rate	All	All	45–55	55–65	65–75	75 and above	All	45–55	55–65	65–75	75 and above
Illiterate	0.386	0.549	0.465	0.567	0.640	0.769	0.232	0.134	0.209	0.356	0.430
Sishu/home school and below	0.192	0.163	0.121	0.207	0.183	0.154	0.220	0.150	0.286	0.219	0.244
Elementary school	0.183	0.128	0.137	0.140	0.098	0.077	0.236	0.221	0.291	0.196	0.163
Middle school	0.136	0.093	0.161	0.046	0.049	0.000	0.177	0.254	0.140	0.146	0.081
High school and above	0.102	0.068	0.116	0.040	0.031	0.000	0.133	0.240	0.074	0.078	0.070
Observations	2,007	972	415	328	164	65	1,035	366	364	219	86