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Table ED.4R: Primary school attendance, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of children of primary school age attending primary or secondary school(adjusted net attendance ratio)Net attendanceratio (adjusted)Male Female TotalNumber ofchildrenNet attendanceratio (adjusted)Number ofchildrenNet attendanceratio (adjusted) 1Number ofchildrenAreaUrban 91.9 462 90.2 430 91.1 892Rural 86.8 181 78.7 200 82.5 381Reached age in year 20107 92.8 105 88.7 89 90.9 1948 95.9 67 93.5 79 94.6 1459 84.7 78 94.3 97 90.0 17510 93.9 75 96.9 80 95.5 15511 95.9 82 96.2 64 96.1 14612 95.0 85 87.5 72 91.6 15713 84.4 72 66.5 74 75.4 14614 79.8 79 66.3 75 73.2 154Mother’s educationNone 87.0 134 71.7 145 79.0 280Primary 90.3 458 89.9 418 90.2 876Secondary (100.0) 51 98.3 60 99.1 111Wealth index quintilePoorest 83.5 175 72.6 137 78.7 312Second 90.0 147 86.9 118 88.6 265Middle 91.4 112 85.5 123 88.3 235Fourth 95.9 116 91.1 122 93.4 238Richest 96.3 92 97.6 130 97.1 222Total 90.4 643 86.5 630 88.5 12731MICS indicator 7.4; MDG indicator 2.1( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted casesThe secondary school net attendance ratio is presented inTable ED.5R 19 . Lower attendance rates are registered at thestart of secondary education, which is not compulsory inSerbia. While 89 percent of children in Roma settlementsare attending primary school, only one in five Romachildren (19 percent) of secondary school age, attendssecondary school. The net attendance rate among girls iseven lower than among boys (17 percent and 23 percentrespectively). The net attendance rate is about six timeslower in the poorest quintile (6 percent) than in the richestquintile (35 percent). A further 11 percent of all secondaryschool age children in Roma settlements are attendingprimary school while the remainder are not attendingschool at all.19Ratios presented in this table are “adjusted” since they include not only secondary school attendance, but also attendance at higher levels in the numerator.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 165