Male Literacy Rates & Crime Against Women: Regression Analysis

Abstract

This research aims to analyse whether the rising male literacy rates have an inverse relation with the offences committed by them against women in selected states of our country. In India, gender-based violence begins before females are born, given the widely practiced female foeticide reflecting how deeply rooted this problem is. Thus, we intend on finding out whether an improvement or change in education levels, translates into a reduction of the atrocities faced by women. Also, to decipher whether education is the core issue, or other associated factors majorly responsible. We have chosen ten states from various geographical regions of our country, namely, North, South, East, West and Central. The following states aid in analyzing our topic, with the aforesaid reasons mentioned beside: - Kerala (Highest Literacy Rates) - Bihar (Lowest Literacy Rates) - Delhi (Most unsafe city for women) - Uttar Pradesh (Largest state) - Gujarat (Safest city for women) - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram and Manipur (for various other social-geographical factors)