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Table 3.4 Literacy<br />
Percent distribution of women and men by level of schooling attended and by level of literacy, according to<br />
background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000<br />
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No schooling or primary school<br />
Secondary<br />
No card<br />
school Can read Can read Cannot with<br />
Background or a whole part of read required Percent<br />
characteristic higher sentence a sentence at all language Total Number literate 1<br />
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WOMEN<br />
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Age<br />
15-19<br />
12.6 14.5 5.5 66.4 1.0 100.0 3,710 27.1<br />
20-24<br />
12.2 8.7 5.5 73.3 0.3 100.0 2,860 20.9<br />
25-29<br />
12.8 11.7 7.2 68.0 0.3 100.0 2,585 24.5<br />
30-34<br />
6.7 8.5 9.0 75.7 0.0 100.0 1,841 15.3<br />
35-39<br />
4.5 7.4 5.5 82.5 0.0 100.0 1,716 11.9<br />
40-44<br />
2.3 3.8 4.7 89.2 0.0 100.0 1,392 6.1<br />
45-49<br />
0.8 2.4 2.5 94.3 0.0 100.0 1,264 3.2<br />
Residence<br />
Urban<br />
Rural<br />
Region<br />
Tigray<br />
Affar<br />
Amhara<br />
Oromiya<br />
Somali<br />
Benishangul-<br />
Gumuz<br />
SNNP<br />
Gambela<br />
Harari<br />
Addis Ababa<br />
Dire Dawa<br />
40.8 17.0 7.5 34.4 0.3 100.0 2,791 57.7<br />
2.0 7.8 5.5 84.3 0.4 100.0 12,576 9.8<br />
6.8 10.3 5.6 77.4 0.0 100.0 969 17.0<br />
6.4 6.4 3.8 83.0 0.4 100.0 178 12.7<br />
5.8 10.2 5.8 78.0 0.2 100.0 3,820 16.0<br />
7.8 7.5 6.4 78.1 0.1 100.0 5,937 15.3<br />
3.5 5.8 2.9 87.8 0.0 100.0 175 9.2<br />
4.3 12.7 5.4 77.5 0.2 100.0 160 17.0<br />
6.5 10.8 5.0 76.6 1.1 100.0 3,285 17.4<br />
10.9 8.8 10.1 65.8 4.3 100.0 40 19.8<br />
30.4 8.0 6.3 55.1 0.2 100.0 41 38.4<br />
52.3 15.7 8.1 23.7 0.2 100.0 684 68.0<br />
34.0 15.8 2.4 47.4 0.1 100.0 79 49.8<br />
Total<br />
9.1 9.5 5.9 75.2 0.3 100.0 15,367 18.5<br />
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MEN<br />
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Age<br />
15-19<br />
14.2 25.9 10.3 49.4 0.2 100.0 600 40.1<br />
20-24<br />
20.0 24.3 14.4 41.3 0.0 100.0 408 44.3<br />
25-29<br />
17.2 31.4 15.7 35.1 0.5 100.0 343 48.6<br />
30-34<br />
23.8 27.9 8.1 40.3 0.0 100.0 276 51.6<br />
35-39<br />
18.7 33.2 13.1 34.7 0.3 100.0 304 51.9<br />
40-44<br />
13.5 21.2 11.8 53.4 0.0 100.0 182 34.8<br />
45-49<br />
3.8 10.4 21.6 63.3 0.0 100.0 207 14.2<br />
50-54<br />
3.4 19.2 12.3 65.1 0.0 100.0 142 22.6<br />
55-59<br />
2.0 10.6 14.8 71.2 1.4 100.0 146 12.7<br />
Residence<br />
Urban<br />
Rural<br />
Region<br />
Tigray<br />
Affar<br />
Amhara<br />
Oromiya<br />
Somali<br />
Benishangul-<br />
Gumuz<br />
SNNP<br />
Gambela<br />
Harari<br />
Addis Ababa<br />
Dire Dawa<br />
61.3 18.3 8.1 11.8 0.0 100.0 379 79.5<br />
7.0 25.7 13.9 53.0 0.3 100.0 2,228 32.8<br />
18.5 29.1 12.5 40.0 0.0 100.0 136 47.5<br />
14.8 9.1 8.8 65.2 2.2 100.0 34 23.9<br />
8.9 24.3 15.7 51.1 0.0 100.0 630 33.2<br />
11.1 21.4 14.4 53.0 0.2 100.0 1,054 32.5<br />
9.0 7.0 26.5 57.2 0.1 100.0 36 16.0<br />
11.2 30.2 14.4 42.6 1.5 100.0 31 41.4<br />
17.7 33.3 8.9 39.3 0.5 100.0 566 51.0<br />
26.3 36.4 6.5 30.2 0.0 100.0 7 62.7<br />
36.9 17.4 9.4 36.3 0.0 100.0 7 54.3<br />
70.5 16.9 6.2 6.5 0.0 100.0 95 87.3<br />
51.5 20.3 3.2 23.5 1.5 100.0 12 71.8<br />
Total<br />
14.9 24.7 13.1 47.0 0.2 100.0 2,607 39.6<br />
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Note: 1 Total includes women and men with missing information on literacy, who are not shown separately.<br />
Includes respondents who attended at least secondary school or higher and respondents who can read a whole<br />
sentence.<br />
22 * Respondent’s Characteristics and Status