DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE AMONG SCHEDULED CASTE FAMILIES IN MANNARKKAD TALUK, KERALA

Consumption patterns differ from people to people with respect to the income which they spend.The scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) are constitutionally identified as historically disadvantaged people.The paper examines the determinants of educational expenditure on education among scheduled caste families in MannarkakdTaluk, Palakkad,kerala. Here the expenditure pattern of the SC families and also the determinants of the educational expenditure among them are examined and analysed by using appropriate statistical tools.