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 1999. The sampling fraction is 0.976‰.
(person,％)
Region	Population Aged 15 and Over			Illiterate and Semi-literate			% to Total Aged 15 & over
	Total	Male	Female	Sub-total	Male	Female	Sub-total	Male	Female
National Total	921819	463566	458253	140026	40341	99685	15.14	8.81	21.56
Beijing	10413	5183	5230	672	148	524	6.45	2.85	10.01
Tianjin	7653	3762	3891	615	130	485	8.03	3.44	12.47
Hebei	48958	24618	24340	5593	1672	3921	11.42	6.79	16.11
Shanxi	22886	11675	11211	2092	707	1385	9.14	6.06	12.35
Inner Mongolia	17933	9144	8789	2949	988	1961	16.44	10.80	22.31
Liaoning	33314	16778	16536	2391	663	1728	7.18	3.95	10.45
Jilin	21157	10781	10376	1440	481	959	6.81	4.46	9.25
Heilongjiang	29444	14999	14445	2877	870	2008	9.77	5.80	13.90
Shanghai	12469	6150	6318	1083	206	877	8.68	3.35	13.88
Jiangsu	56498	27705	28794	9484	2165	7319	16.79	7.82	25.42
Zhejiang	35491	17825	17666	5573	1533	4041	15.70	8.60	22.87
Anhui	45455	22919	22535	9220	2873	6347	20.28	12.54	28.17
Fujian	24090	12001	12089	4447	1095	3352	18.46	9.12	27.73
Jiangxi	30243	15317	14925	3977	1039	2938	13.15	6.78	19.69
Shandong	68276	33866	34410	13759	3682	10077	20.15	10.87	29.28
Henan	67645	33997	33647	11035	3370	7664	16.31	9.91	22.78
Hubei	43458	21901	21556	6512	1908	4604	14.98	8.71	21.36
Hunan	49099	24986	24113	5464	1462	4002	11.13	5.85	16.60
Guangdong	50707	24958	25749	4679	948	3731	9.23	3.80	14.49
Guangxi	33458	16942	16515	4132	1015	3117	12.35	5.99	18.87
Hainan	5292	2736	2556	772	202	569	14.58	7.40	22.27
Chongqing	23144	11682	11462	3414	1013	2401	14.75	8.67	20.95
Sichuan	63830	32211	31619	10702	3450	7252	16.77	10.71	22.94
Guizhou	25844	13433	12410	6321	1804	4518	24.46	13.43	36.40
Yunnan	29530	14842	14688	7187	2298	4888	24.34	15.48	33.28
Tibet	1604	783	822	1062	449	613	66.18	57.33	74.60
Shaanxi	26058	13259	12798	4766	1589	3176	18.29	11.99	24.82
Gansu	17999	9053	8947	4615	1476	3139	25.64	16.30	35.09
Qinghai	3587	1806	1781	1095	355	740	30.52	19.66	41.53
Ningxia	3764	1898	1866	878	283	595	23.32	14.89	31.90
Xinjiang	12521	6353	6168	1223	469	754	9.77	7.38	12.22
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.