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SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION AND CHANGE IN URBAN INDIA<br />

100<br />

mean % std. Score<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

Sched Back Maratha Brah<br />

work<strong>in</strong>g middle<br />

Fig.2 Percent standard (N) by caste and class<br />

Among the non-Brahm<strong>in</strong> caste groups the middle class children <strong>of</strong> each<br />

caste group scored significantly higher than the children <strong>in</strong> the<br />

correspond<strong>in</strong>g work<strong>in</strong>g class categories with the Maratha children scor<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the least for both classes. While the Brahm<strong>in</strong> children’s scores were<br />

significantly higher for both classes overall, observe that the group score for<br />

the middle class children is lower than that for the work<strong>in</strong>g class children.<br />

<strong>The</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> social class across caste and sex<br />

Three-way <strong>in</strong>teractions are <strong>of</strong>ten difficult to <strong>in</strong>terpret and were therefore not<br />

added to the statistical model. However, the effect <strong>of</strong> class across caste and<br />

sex groups tabulated <strong>in</strong> Table 3 below and graphically represented <strong>in</strong> Figure<br />

3, po<strong>in</strong>t to some <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g tendencies <strong>in</strong> the data.<br />

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