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The gross primary school completion rate and transitionrate to secondary education are presented in Table ED.7.The primary school completion rate is the ratio <strong>of</strong> the totalnumber <strong>of</strong> students, regardless <strong>of</strong> age, entering the lastgrade <strong>of</strong> primary school for the first time, to the number<strong>of</strong> children <strong>of</strong> the primary school graduation age at thebeginning <strong>of</strong> the current (or most recent) school year.Table ED.7: Primary school completion and transitionto secondary school, Serbia, 2010Primary school completion rates and transition rate to secondary schoolPrimary schoolcompletion rate 1Number <strong>of</strong> children<strong>of</strong> primary schoolcompletion ageTransition rate tosecondary school 2Number <strong>of</strong> children whowere in the last grade<strong>of</strong> primary school theprevious yearSexMale 100.3 97 98.6 97Female 108.3 90 97.7 125RegionBelgrade (104.7) 38 (99.3) 35Vojvodina (108.2) 52 95.7 66Sumadija and Western Serbia (113.5) 40 98.4 69Southern and Eastern Serbia (93.3) 56 (100.0) 52AreaUrban 104.2 108 99.4 125Rural 104.1 79 96.4 97Mother’s educationPrimary (105.4) 40 (94.0) 47Secondary 100.4 109 99.8 125Higher (109.9) 34 (*) 37Wealth index quintilePoorest (94.6) 40 (89.2) 39Second (*) 28 (100.0) 32Middle (100.0) 34 (100.0) 54Fourth (103.0) 36 (100.0) 60Richest (115.2) 49 (100.0) 37Total 104.1 187 98.1 2221MICS indicator 7.72MICS indicator 7.8( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted cases(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted casesAt the time <strong>of</strong> the survey, the gross primary schoolcompletion rate was 104 percent. Furthermore, 98percent <strong>of</strong> children that successfully completed the lastgrade <strong>of</strong> primary school were found at the time <strong>of</strong> thesurvey to be attending the first grade <strong>of</strong> secondary school.However, for the purposes <strong>of</strong> analysis, the net primaryschool completion rate is a much more relevantindicator for Serbia. It is the ratio <strong>of</strong> the total number<strong>of</strong> students <strong>of</strong> primary school graduation age enteringthe last grade <strong>of</strong> primary school for the first time, toMONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 161

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