Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 2
First page : ( 45) Last page : ( 49)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00258.4

Gender Gap in Literate Life Expectancy-A District-Wise Study in India

Thakuria Barnali

Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India

Online published on 8 March, 2019.

Abstract

Inadequate literacy describe as a strong barrier to access healthcare services. So, in the present study, the innovative indicator literate life expectancy (LLE) has been implemented to highlight the social differences existing in different parts of the country. Wolfgang Lutz (1995) was the first to develop LLE which gives an expected number of years a person lives in a literate state i.e., able to read and write under current mortality and literacy conditions. The obtained results showed that compared to men, women experienced less number of years in the literate state in almost all the districts of the selected states. It is believed that findings of the result in this study will help the policy makers and the government to focus more on literacy and programs relating to elementary education at the district level for the welfare and well being of the society.

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Keywords

Literate-life expectancy, education, gender-gap, India, district.

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