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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 />

_______________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

______________________________________<br />

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 />

_______________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

WOMEN<br />

_______________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

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 />

_______________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

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

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