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Table ED.7RA: Net primary school completion and transitionto secondary school, Roma Settlements, 2010Net primary school completion rates and transition rate to secondary schoolNet primary schoolcompletion rate 1Number <strong>of</strong> children <strong>of</strong>primary school completionageTransition rate to secondaryschool 2Number <strong>of</strong> children who werein the last grade <strong>of</strong> primaryschool the previous yearSexMale 28.4 79 (69.3) 47Female 41.8 75 (66.9) 51AreaUrban 43.6 103 (68.0) 76Rural 17.5 51 (68.1) 22Mother’s educationNone (12.4) 46 (*) 9Primary 41.7 97 (64.8) 42Secondary (*) 12 (*) 27Wealth index quintilePoorest (11.9) 36 (*) 8Second (28.0) 40 (*) 13Middle (42.4) 20 (*) 17Fourth (37.3) 32 (*) 26Richest (68.1) 27 (*) 33Total 35.0 154 68.1 981MICS indicator 7.72MICS indicator 7.8( ) Figures that are based on 25–49 unweighted cases(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted casesThe ratio <strong>of</strong> girls to boys attending primary and secondaryeducation is provided in Table ED.8R. These ratios arebetter known as the Gender Parity Index (GPI). The tableshows that gender parity for primary school is 0.96. Theparity is balanced among children whose mothers haveprimary education (1.00) and in the richest quintile (1.01).The GPI for secondary school is 0.72 indicating thatthere are more boys than girls in secondary education,or in other words girls are disadvantaged in secondaryeducation.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 169

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