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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Provincial differentials indicate that Luapula province has the highest repetition rate for all primaryschool grades (1-7) followed by Northern province. The high repetition rate in Luapula province may explainthe low dropout rate in this province.Table 2.6 Grade repetition <strong>and</strong> dropout ratesRepetition <strong>and</strong> dropout rates for the de jure household population age 5-24 years byschool grade, according to background characteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>School gradeBackgroundcharacteristic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7REPETITION RATE 1SexMale 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.1 2.7 3.6 9.0Female 7.8 6.5 2.6 2.5 3.5 5.0 4.7ResidenceUrban 1.8 3.4 2.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 3.6Rural 9.6 8.0 5.6 5.8 4.7 7.2 10.5ProvinceCentral 4.3 5.1 2.9 3.6 5.7 3.8 12.9Copperbelt 1.4 1.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.8Eastern 8.1 7.7 4.1 0.0 0.0 (5.6) (4.2)Luapula 27.7 18.9 17.6 (24.5) (10.8) (23.5) *Lusaka 2.0 4.5 0.8 1.0 0.0 1.1 5.5Northern 14.8 13.9 11.1 11.8 10.9 13.3 12.3North-Western 5.6 8.1 7.8 2.4 4.5 3.1 4.2Southern 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 5.5Western 3.5 1.2 2.4 0.0 (0.0) (0.0) *Total 6.9 6.3 4.3 3.9 3.1 4.2 6.9DROPOUT RATE 2SexMale 1.2 3.7 2.1 3.2 4.3 3.9 18.7Female 3.2 2.4 3.5 4.9 2.9 5.8 15.1ResidenceUrban 1.5 1.9 1.8 3.9 2.0 4.2 13.4Rural 2.4 3.8 3.3 4.1 5.1 5.2 20.7ProvinceCentral 0.6 0.0 0.0 3.6 4.1 1.9 12.9Copperbelt 6.1 7.6 4.9 7.3 5.8 6.8 19.8Eastern 2.0 5.6 4.1 6.0 2.6 (5.6) (12.5)Luapula 0.0 0.0 0.0 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) *Lusaka 2.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 0.9 3.4 17.8Northern 1.3 1.1 1.9 2.1 1.7 4.8 15.1North-Western 0.5 0.0 1.2 0.8 0.0 1.0 1.4Southern 1.4 2.6 4.7 6.1 9.1 7.7 (29.1)Western 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.0 (2.2) (2.4) *Total 2.1 3.1 2.8 4.0 3.7 4.7 17.0Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases; an asterisk indicatesthat a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases <strong>and</strong> has been suppressed.1 The repetition rate is the percentage of students in a given grade in the previous schoolyear who are repeating that grade in the current school year.2 The dropout rate is the percentage of students in a given grade in the previous schoolyear who are not attending school.20 | Characteristics of Households <strong>and</strong> Respondents

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