The gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent literacy and schooling outcomes in India.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education delivery around the world, with school closures affecting over 1.6 billion students worldwide. In India, schools were closed for over 18 months, affecting 248 million students. This study estimates the effect of the pandemic on adolescent literacy and schooling outcomes in India. We used data from the National Family Health Survey. (NFHS-5) which covered 636,699 households across all districts of India from June 2019 to April 2021. We considered 15-17 year old adolescents who were surveyed after March 2020 as the post-COVID group while those surveyed earlier were included in the pre-COVID group. We used propensity score matching and inverse propensity score weighted regression methods to account for differences in socioeconomic characteristics betw

SUBMITTER: Nandi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10516864 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature