4-12 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 2003. The sampling fraction is 0.982‰.
								(person, %)
Region
	Population	Male	Female	Illiterate	Male	Female	to Total	Male	Female
	Aged 15			and Semi-			Aged 15
	and Over			literate			and Over
National Total	1004154	505478	498676	109955	30912	79043	10.95	6.12	15.85
Beijing	12583	6472	6111	580	127	453	4.61	1.96	7.41
Tianjin	8566	4201	4365	545	125	420	6.36	2.97	9.62
Hebei	53791	27172	26620	3955	1150	2805	7.35	4.23	10.54
Shanxi	25082	12755	12327	1452	425	1026	5.79	3.34	8.32
Inner Mongolia	19223	9815	9408	2628	857	1771	13.67	8.73	18.82
Liaoning	35441	17632	17809	1680	419	1261	4.74	2.38	7.08
Jilin	22617	11259	11358	880	302	578	3.89	2.68	5.09
Heilongjiang	31722	16004	15718	1835	538	1298	5.79	3.36	8.26
Shanghai	14646	7304	7342	861	157	705	5.88	2.14	9.60
Jiangsu	60549	29480	31069	8753	2168	6585	14.46	7.35	21.19
Zhejiang	38534	19292	19242	5096	1459	3638	13.23	7.56	18.90
Anhui	48983	24798	24186	6694	1925	4769	13.67	7.76	19.72
Fujian	26935	13505	13430	3650	826	2825	13.55	6.11	21.03
Jiangxi	32045	16118	15927	2644	662	1982	8.25	4.11	12.44
Shandong	73300	36226	37074	10020	2626	7394	13.67	7.25	19.94
Henan	73564	37159	36405	6773	1907	4866	9.21	5.13	13.37
Hubei	46673	23525	23148	5522	1357	4165	11.83	5.77	17.99
Hunan	52835	27187	25647	4476	1227	3249	8.47	4.51	12.67
Guangdong	57083	28411	28672	4308	869	3439	7.55	3.06	12.00
Guangxi	37377	19275	18102	3309	826	2483	8.85	4.28	13.72
Hainan	6026	3121	2905	549	126	423	9.11	4.05	14.56
Chongqing	24945	12503	12442	2095	552	1543	8.40	4.42	12.40
Sichuan	68569	34325	34244	8046	2424	5622	11.73	7.06	16.42
Guizhou	28111	14350	13760	5533	1718	3815	19.68	11.97	27.72
Yunnan	32286	16808	15478	6941	2327	4614	21.50	13.84	29.81
Tibet	1927	890	1036	1057	408	649	54.86	45.82	62.63
Shaanxi	28725	14531	14194	3421	1092	2329	11.91	7.51	16.41
Gansu	19739	10066	9673	4013	1429	2584	20.33	14.20	26.71
Qinghai	3937	1981	1957	924	280	643	23.45	14.15	32.88
Ningxia	4163	2094	2069	731	220	511	17.57	10.52	24.69
Xinjiang	14178	7220	6957	984	384	600	6.94	5.32	8.62
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.