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Districts with more college-educated females show lower infection rate

The higher the level of education, the more shielded the districts are from infections and deaths. The first wave showed a clear trend between education and infection

A health worker inoculates the dose of the COVID19 vaccine to journalists at Press Club in Bengaluru on Monday.
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A clear trend is that the more educated the women are in districts, the lesser the infection and higher the vaccinations.

Ishaan Gera New Delhi
Last week, a Business Standard analysis pointed out that education had a direct link with vaccination. Districts with higher education levels were more vaccinated than districts where the proportion of people who did not attend school or quit school was higher. Read here
 
While it is difficult to ascertain the reason behind this phenomenon, whether availability or general awareness, further analysis shows that awareness indeed may have had a role to play in districts where infection was kept at bay.

A Business Standard analysis linking education with infection levels across the country finds that education, especially female education, may

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