4-9 Illiterate and Semi-literate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region

 

Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population changes in 1997. The sampling fraction is 1.016‰

 

Unit: person, %

Region

Population Aged 15 and Over

Illiterate and Semi-literate

% to Population Aged

15 and Over

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Total

932395

468910

463485

150536

43025

107511

16.36

9.58

23.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing

10730

5343

5387

820

181

639

7.64

3.38

11.86

Tianjin

7744

3818

3926

762

179

583

9.84

4.68

14.85

Hebei

49365

24806

24559

7061

2066

4995

14.30

8.33

20.34

Shanxi

23232

11805

11427

2293

734

1560

9.87

6.21

13.65

Inner Mongolia

17779

9129

8649

2982

961

2021

16.78

10.53

23.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liaoning

34054

17060

16994

2796

734

2062

8.21

4.30

12.13

Jilin

21123

10605

10517

1717

519

1198

8.13

4.89

11.40

Heilongjiang

29767

15081

14685

2731

825

1906

9.18

5.47

12.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai

12589

6176

6413

1281

260

1020

10.17

4.22

15.91

Jiangsu

56969

27881

29088

10981

2889

8092

19.28

10.36

27.82

Zhejiang

36347

18190

18157

6679

1971

4709

18.38

10.83

25.93

Anhui

46623

23645

22978

9404

2804

6600

20.17

11.86

28.72

Fujian

23890

11915

11975

4168

1009

3159

17.45

8.47

26.38

Jiangxi

30764

15565

15199

3836

899

2937

12.47

5.78

19.32

Shandong

68430

33903

34527

15495

4463

11032

22.64

13.16

31.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henan

68818

34597

34220

10242

2905

7337

14.88

8.40

21.44

Hubei

43386

22010

21375

6530

1824

4706

15.05

8.29

22.02

Hunan

49513

25134

24378

5580

1446

4134

11.27

5.75

16.96

Guangdong

51071

25406

25664

4908

849

4059

9.61

3.34

15.81

Guangxi

33661

17205

16457

5088

1279

3809

15.12

7.44

23.15

Hainan

5198

2657

2541

734

188

546

14.11

7.06

21.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chongqing

23669

11937

11732

3981

1173

2808

16.82

9.83

23.93

Sichuan

65679

32995

32684

11820

3576

8244

18.00

10.84

25.22

Guizhou

25909

13517

12392

6705

1901

4804

25.88

14.07

38.77

Yunnan

30251

15223

15027

7628

2505

5124

25.22

16.45

34.10

Tibet

1654

776

878

894

343

551

54.08

44.21

62.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shaanxi

26249

13335

12914

4552

1515

3037

17.34

11.36

23.52

Gansu

18375

9275

9100

4919

1575

3344

26.77

16.98

36.75

Qinghai

3590

1805

1785

1566

569

996

43.62

31.54

55.83

Ningxia

3794

1922

1871

980

316

663

25.83

16.46

35.45

Xinjiang

12173

6190

5983

1403

567

836

11.52

9.16

13.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)     Illiterate and semi-illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over, who are unable or very difficult to read.