Inter-caste marriages depend on education level, but not that of the couple
Only
5.8% of Indian marriages were inter-caste, according to Census
2011, a rate unchanged over 40 years.
Whilst
in other countries an increase in education levels correlates with a decrease
in endogamous marriages--marriages within a specific social, ethnic or caste
group for the purpose of entrenching community boundaries--the education levels
of individuals in India appear to have no bearing on the likelihood of marrying
someone from a different caste, according to a new study.
The
education level of the groom’s mother is the leading determinant of an
inter-caste marriage: The better educated the groom’s mother, the higher the
chances of an inter-caste
marriage.
These
are the findings of a 2017 study by the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi,
which used data from the latest round (2011-12) of the Indian Human Development
Survey (IHDS-II) to examine the impact of education on one of India’s most resilient
caste-based practices. Read
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