CR-VA .LUES FOR TES (TING SIGNII ^ASTE PR TABL•'ICANCE OF EJUDICE E IIDIFFERENC ;E AMONG TI IE M-VAL 43IIES FOR URBAN S^ 'ITDENTS Areas of caste prejudice Caste groups Brahmin Bhumihar Rajput Kayastha Vaisya Backward PSEG Bhumihar 0.38 Rajput Kayastha Vaisya Backward 2.90** 4.14** 4.46** 1.76 3.22** 4.44**4.73** 0.77 1.71 1 91 3.93** 0.08 5.01** 5.36** Harijan 1.71 1 29 3.96** 5.58** 5.97** 0.48 MIR Bhumihar 6.12** - Rajput Kayastha Vaisya 2.48* 5.43** 5.14** 3.77** 0.51 0.19 3.13** 3.07** 0.27 Backward 4.75** 1.28 2.42* 0.73 0.91 Harijan 5.49** 0.79 3.67** 1.18 0 76 1.77 PQ. Bhumihar Rajput Kayastha Vaisya Backward 6.18** 1.58 436** 6.00** 7.65** 4.14* 1.63 0.40 0.78 2.55* 4.21** 5.28** 1.90 2.56* 0.26 Harijan 697** 1.71 5.30** 3.10** 1.23 1.17 EEI Bhumihar 0.20 Rajput Kayastha Vaisya Backward 6.69** 1.89 2.03* 3.67** 7.00** 2.20* 2.26* 4.04** 4.57** 3.50** 3.41** 0.36 1.55 0.93 - Harijan 4.08** 4.84** 0.90 283** 2.22* 1.71 Total Bhumihar 2.42** Rajput Kayastha Vaisya Backward 3.33** 4.25** 4.85** 2.09* 0.75 2.18* 2.63** 0.44 1.56 2.08* 1.26 0.56 2.71** 3.17** Harijan 3.10** 0.68 0.03 1.53 3.03* 1.16 NOTE: * Significant at .05 ** Significant at .01 level. level. icspectively. In the PSEG area Bhurnihars scored moie than Rajputs, Kayasthas, and Vaisyas. They are closely similar in attitude in the PSEG area to Brahmin., Backward^ and Harijan students. In the EEI area Bhumihar students were found to express more caste prejudice., their mean score being the highest. They differ significantly from the Rajput, Kayastha, Vaisya^ Backward and Harijan subjects in. this area (3 at <.01 and 2 at <.05 levels). In MIR and PQareaes Bhumihars differ significantly only from Brahmin and Rajput students In these areas they scored much less^ indicating that in marriage