CORRELATION BETWEEN LITERACY RATES AND SEX RATIOS IN NORTHEAST STATES OF INDIA

Rajkumari Sanatombi Devi; Rajkumari Latasana Devi; Sumati Rajkumari

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

CORRELATION BETWEEN LITERACY RATES AND SEX RATIOS IN NORTHEAST STATES OF INDIA

Rajkumari Sanatombi Devi, Rajkumari Latasana Devi, Sumati Rajkumari

Abstract :

The sex composition of a population has a considerable impact on health, social, economic condition of a country. According to census of India "a person aged more than 6 years and who can both read and write with understanding in any language has taken as a literate" and the sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males. The objective of the present study is to analyse the correlation between the literacy rates and sex ratios in northeast states of India. The study was based on census 2011 published by the Registrar General, Government of India. The literacy was considered as an independent variable, while sex ratio is considered as a dependent variable. Using Spearman‘s rank correlation method, it was observed that literacy rate and sex ratio was positively correlated which was insignificant (r = 0.02, P=0.95).