Table A3

Male Fraction of Births and Total Fertility by Mother’s Education, India

Parity	Sex Combination	India (1992)				India (2006)
Parity	Sex Combination	Illiterate	Primary	Middle	HS +	Illiterate	Primary	Middle	HS +
1st	None	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.52
2nd	One girl	0.53	0.52	0.52	0.51	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.58
3rd	Two girls	0.52	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.53	0.55	0.58	0.70
4th	Three girls	0.52	0.53	0.57	0.62	0.52	0.59	0.62	0.75
Total Fertility Rate		3.32	3.02	2.52	2.16	3.34	2.82	2.28	1.77

Source: Calculations based on the India DHS in each year using all living children, ever-married women ages 15–49.