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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.3 LiteracyPercent distribution of women <strong>and</strong> men by level of schooling attended <strong>and</strong> by level of literacy, <strong>and</strong> percent literate, accordingto background characteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––No schooling or primary school––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Secon-No carddary Can read Can read Cannot with Don'tBackground school whole part of read required know/ Percentcharacteristic or higher sentence sentence at all language missing Total Number literate 1––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WOMEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 33.8 14.6 10.3 40.1 0.8 0.4 100.0 1,811 58.720-24 35.1 16.1 8.0 39.1 1.3 0.4 100.0 1,664 59.225-29 33.0 20.7 9.5 35.7 1.1 0.0 100.0 1,376 63.230-34 29.2 24.0 10.3 35.2 1.1 0.1 100.0 972 63.635-39 22.5 27.5 9.4 39.2 1.3 0.0 100.0 766 59.540-44 19.5 33.7 9.7 35.8 0.5 0.7 100.0 601 63.045-49 14.9 32.8 10.1 41.1 0.8 0.2 100.0 467 57.8ResidenceUrban 50.4 19.3 9.2 19.4 1.4 0.3 100.0 3,073 78.8Rural 16.3 22.4 9.7 50.7 0.8 0.2 100.0 4,585 48.4ProvinceCentral 29.4 27.3 8.0 34.9 0.4 0.0 100.0 562 64.6Copperbelt 47.2 22.7 8.8 19.3 1.8 0.2 100.0 1,544 78.7Eastern 20.4 16.0 11.4 52.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 926 47.8Luapula 12.5 23.5 5.3 58.6 0.0 0.2 100.0 622 41.2Lusaka 41.7 17.9 10.7 26.6 2.6 0.6 100.0 1,132 70.3Northern 22.9 17.9 12.4 46.5 0.1 0.3 100.0 1,040 53.2North-Western 22.9 18.3 12.1 46.2 0.1 0.3 100.0 354 53.3Southern 26.2 24.9 10.5 36.1 1.7 0.7 100.0 814 61.5Western 19.6 24.7 4.6 51.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 663 48.9Total 30.0 21.1 9.5 38.1 1.0 0.3 100.0 7,658 60.6––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––MEN––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 32.0 22.1 16.6 28.7 0.4 0.2 100.0 459 70.720-24 52.9 18.7 11.4 17.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 346 83.025-29 46.7 19.6 13.5 19.9 0.0 0.3 100.0 361 79.830-34 47.9 27.0 10.9 14.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 281 85.835-39 48.5 28.7 6.6 15.2 0.0 1.0 100.0 241 83.840-44 37.9 39.8 12.3 9.4 0.7 0.0 100.0 174 89.945-49 52.6 32.2 6.7 8.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 113 91.450-54 38.1 29.7 18.7 13.5 0.0 0.0 100.0 100 86.555-59 33.0 44.1 9.8 13.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 71 87.0ResidenceUrban 66.2 15.5 8.7 9.4 0.0 0.2 100.0 851 90.5Rural 28.8 32.2 14.7 23.8 0.2 0.2 100.0 1,294 75.7ProvinceCentral 40.6 25.4 18.5 15.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 165 84.4Copperbelt 68.0 13.9 9.4 8.3 0.4 0.0 100.0 447 91.4Eastern 32.4 23.0 17.2 27.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 268 72.7Luapula 23.2 44.2 8.3 24.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 166 75.7Lusaka 58.6 16.3 12.1 12.6 0.0 0.4 100.0 314 87.0Northern 33.0 32.7 15.6 18.3 0.0 0.3 100.0 292 81.3North-Western 37.4 31.9 10.9 19.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 93 80.3Southern 35.6 33.2 10.7 19.5 0.5 0.5 100.0 232 79.5Western 25.5 33.1 8.3 32.5 0.0 0.6 100.0 169 66.9Total 43.7 25.6 12.4 18.1 0.1 0.2 100.0 2,145 81.6––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––1Refers to women/men who attended secondary school <strong>and</strong> women/men who can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence30 │ Characteristics of Respondents

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