News: NITI Aayog released the first state-wise National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), inline with the global index released by the United Nations each year.
The report has found that a quarter of the population in the country was multi-dimensionally poor or deprived on at least a few of the 12 counts.
How access to various services varies with female education?
Female college education plays a significant role in ensuring access to services:
On Adequate Nutrition – In districts where college-educated females were higher than 2.2% of the population, around 30% of the households were deprived of adequate nutrition.
– In contrast, in districts where college-educated females were less than 2.2%, 42.3% of the people lacked adequate nutrition.
On years of schooling – In districts where college-educated females were lower than 2.2%, 18% of households were deprived. In contrast, the corresponding it is just 8.4% for districts that had more then 2.2% college-educated females.
On electricity access – In districts where college-educated females were lower than 2.2%, had 15.9% of households deprived of electric supply. In contrast, only 5.2% of the households in higher female-educated districts lacked electricity.
– Availability of ‘bank accounts’ and ‘drinking water‘ were the only two indicators where college education played no role in determining access to resources.
Source: This post is based on the article “The learning curve: Why college education for women matters” published in Business Standard on 6th Dec 2021.
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