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Women with secondary education are much more likelyto have been exposed to all types of media than womenwith no education, 43 percent compared to 3 percent,respectively. Similarly, 44 percent of women in the highestwealth index quintile have been exposed to all three mediaforms, while the corresponding proportion of women inthe lowest wealth index quintile is only 6 percent. Largerproportions of women are exposed to all types of media inurban areas (21 percent) than in rural areas (14 percent).The data for men aged 15–29 living in Roma settlementsis shown in table MT.1R.M. Some 31 percent of menread a newspaper at least once a week, 77 percent listenedto the radio and 96 percent watched television. About 2percent had no regular exposure to any of the three mediawhile 25 percent are exposed to all three types of media atleast on a weekly basis.In total, 5 percent of men aged 15–19 from Romasettlements have no regular exposure to any of the threemedia, while only 20 percent are exposed to all three typesof media at least on a weekly basis. As with women, themen living in households within the poorest quintile seemto have very low access to the printed media.Table MT.1R.M: Exposure to mass media, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of men age 15–29 years who are exposed to specific mass media on a weekly basisRead a newspaperat least once aweekPercentage of men age 15–49 who:Listen to the radioat least once aweekWatch televisionat least once aweekAll three media atleast once a weekNo media at leastonce a weekNumber of menage 15–29 yearsAge15–19 25.4 77.1 93.6 19.7 4.9 29520–24 34.9 79.3 97.2 30.3 .5 29325–29 33.6 75.5 97.5 25.4 .8 289AreaUrban 37.3 77.9 97.3 30.4 1.1 598Rural 18.4 76.0 93.6 14.0 4.1 279EducationNone 6.0 59.6 94.9 6.0 1.3 66Primary 26.5 77.2 95.3 21.0 2.7 599Secondary 51.4 82.5 98.6 41.2 .6 202Wealth index quintilePoorest 12.7 62.8 84.2 10.7 8.8 191Second 17.8 76.4 98.5 12.4 .8 166Middle 25.8 83.7 99.1 21.6 .0 172Fourth 39.8 82.4 100.0 30.6 .0 185Richest 62.8 82.6 100.0 52.5 .0 163Total 31.3 77.3 96.1 25.1 2.1 877238MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010