4-8 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 1998. The sampling fraction is 1.01‰.
Unit：person,％
Region	Population Aged 15 and Over			Illiterate and Semi-literate			% to population aged 15 & over
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
National Total	941147	472749	468398	148522	42603	105918	15.78	9.01	22.61
Beijing	10635	5403	5231	693	151	541	6.51	2.80	10.35
Tianjin	7716	3831	3886	804	209	595	10.43	5.46	15.32
Hebei	50219	25152	25066	6027	1653	4374	12.00	6.57	17.45
Shanxi	23346	11899	11447	2445	795	1651	10.47	6.68	14.42
Inner Mongolia	18227	9288	8939	2885	949	1936	15.83	10.22	21.66
Liaoning	34209	17052	17156	2794	735	2059	8.17	4.31	12.00
Jilin	21522	10929	10593	1814	576	1239	8.43	5.27	11.69
Heilongjiang	30258	15414	14844	2683	891	1793	8.87	5.78	12.08
Shanghai	12635	6219	6417	1287	265	1022	10.19	4.26	15.93
Jiangsu	56947	27653	29294	11153	2784	8369	19.59	10.07	28.57
Zhejiang	36457	18494	17963	5968	1767	4200	16.37	9.56	23.38
Anhui	45911	23202	22709	9426	3035	6391	20.53	13.08	28.14
Fujian	24335	12026	12309	4550	1114	3436	18.70	9.26	27.91
Jiangxi	30724	15356	15368	4143	990	3153	13.48	6.45	20.52
Shandong	69550	34424	35126	15337	4099	11238	22.05	11.91	31.99
Henan	69248	34755	34494	9996	2929	7067	14.44	8.43	20.49
Hubei	45111	22863	22248	6840	2043	4797	15.16	8.94	21.56
Hunan	49934	25644	24290	5457	1346	4111	10.93	5.25	16.92
Guangdong	51133	25163	25970	4731	857	3873	9.25	3.41	14.92
Guangxi	34277	17379	16898	4565	1110	3455	13.32	6.39	20.45
Hainan	5316	2726	2590	758	201	557	14.27	7.38	21.52
Chongqing	23876	12038	11838	3688	1092	2596	15.45	9.07	21.93
Sichuan	66433	33208	33226	10427	3128	7300	15.70	9.42	21.97
Guizhou	26298	13781	12517	7621	2266	5355	28.98	16.44	42.78
Yunnan	30648	15373	15275	7809	2589	5220	25.48	16.84	34.17
Tibet	1729	844	885	1037	423	614	59.97	50.09	69.41
Shaanxi	26183	13256	12928	4324	1385	2939	16.52	10.45	22.74
Gansu	18544	9411	9132	5313	1744	3569	28.65	18.53	39.08
Qinghai	3660	1839	1821	1571	570	1001	42.92	31.00	54.95
Ningxia	3798	1921	1877	971	311	659	25.56	16.20	35.14
Xinjiang	12269	6206	6063	1403	596	807	11.44	9.61	13.31
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.

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