Relationship between Educational Attainment and Indicators of Social Development in Punjab

Shiwani; Dr. Maninder S. Sarkaria

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Relationship between Educational Attainment and Indicators of Social Development in Punjab

Shiwani, Dr. Maninder S. Sarkaria

Abstract :

Education is considered to be an engine of growth of a nation. It is the medium for inging the needed changes in any society. Educated People are the wealth of any nation. Physical capital of a nation is of use only in the presence of human capital. On the basis of empirical evidences of association between education and socio–economic development, this paper theorizes that education is instrumental in the socio–economic development. Specifically, this paper examines the relationship between of educational attainment and gender ratio, gender ratio (0–6), population growth rate, birth rate, death rate, child/infant mortality rate in the state. The analysis is based upon data on entire state on above listed variables gathered from the secondary sources. Data have been analyzed by employing Pearson Correlation method. The results show that literacy rate is positively associated with gender ratio, is negatively related with Birth rate, death rate, population growth rate, IMR and gender ratio (0–6). Expect gender ratio (0–6), association of literacy rate with other variables show a positive impact on social development of state.