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Table ED.4 provides the percentage of children ofprimary school age (7 to 14 years) who are attendingprimary or secondary school 16 . The majority of childrenof primary school age are attending school (99 percent).Lower attendance is present among children within thepoorest quintile (96 percent). Differences within othercategories (urban/rural, regional or as per mother’seducation) are not visible.Table ED.4: Primary school attendance, Serbia, 2010Percentage of children of primary school age attending primary or secondaryschool (adjusted net attendance ratio)Net attendanceratio (adjusted)Male Female TotalNumber ofchildrenNet attendanceratio (adjusted)Number ofchildrenNet attendanceratio (adjusted) 1Number ofchildrenRegionBelgrade 95.6 139 98.6 138 97.1 277Vojvodina 99.5 186 99.9 209 99.7 396Sumadija and Western Serbia 98.6 220 99.3 232 99.0 452Southern and Eastern Serbia 97.8 256 99.1 203 98.4 459AreaUrban 98.5 433 99.4 416 99.0 850Rural 97.6 369 99.1 366 98.3 735Reached age in year 20107 91.5 99 97.9 121 95.0 2208 98.9 88 98.8 112 98.8 1999 99.7 110 100.0 100 99.9 20910 97.1 97 98.3 96 97.7 19311 99.8 108 99.9 102 99.8 21012 97.8 92 100.0 73 98.8 16613 99.8 111 100.0 89 99.9 20014 99.4 97 100.0 90 99.7 187Mother’s educationPrimary 99.1 157 98.6 128 98.9 286Secondary 97.3 456 99.5 497 98.5 953Higher 100.0 174 99.9 152 100.0 326Wealth index quintilePoorest 95.4 156 97.2 127 96.2 283Second 99.7 173 99.9 155 99.8 328Middle 98.0 151 99.9 170 99.0 321Fourth 99.7 165 99.9 158 99.8 324Richest 97.2 156 99.1 172 98.2 329Total 98.1 802 99.3 782 98.7 15841MICS indicator 7.4; MDG indicator 2.116Ratios presented in this table are “adjusted” since they include not only primary school attendance, but also secondary school attendance in the numerator.158MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010