24-50 Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above
Item	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
	Number	(Percent)	Number	(Percent)	Number	(Percent)	Number	(Percent)	Number	(Percent)
	of		of		of		of		of
	Persons		Persons		Persons		Persons		Persons
	(10 000		(10 000		(10 000		(10 000		(10 000
	persons)		persons)		persons)		persons)		persons)
Total
Male	264.50	48.85	267.08	48.57	269.39	48.28	271.09	48.04	272.56	47.77
Female	276.97	51.15	282.78	51.43	288.53	51.72	293.19	51.96	298.05	52.23
No Schooling/
Kindergarten
Male	11.31	2.09	9.80	1.78	9.68	1.73	9.34	1.65	9.21	1.61
Female	34.28	6.33	31.95	5.81	31.22	5.60	29.90	5.30	30.41	5.33
Primary
Male	59.29	10.95	59.60	10.84	58.05	10.40	56.07	9.94	54.05	9.47
Female	61.32	11.33	62.41	11.35	62.63	11.23	62.46	11.07	62.30	10.92
Lower Secondary
Male	51.85	9.58	52.24	9.50	52.93	9.49	52.24	9.26	53.97	9.46
Female	37.51	6.93	39.42	7.17	41.08	7.36	42.63	7.56	44.07	7.72
Upper Secondary
Male	79.39	14.66	80.21	14.59	79.60	14.27	80.46	14.26	78.08	13.68
Female	87.16	16.10	88.56	16.11	88.76	15.91	88.92	15.76	87.74	15.38
Matriculation
Male	11.77	2.17	11.33	2.06	11.65	2.09	12.57	2.23	13.74	2.41
Female	11.91	2.20	12.51	2.28	13.73	2.46	14.09	2.50	16.59	2.91
Tertiary
Non-degree Courses
Male	18.44	3.41	19.18	3.49	19.25	3.45	20.90	3.70	22.05	3.86
Female	19.06	3.52	19.92	3.62	19.91	3.57	21.73	3.85	22.18	3.89
Degree Courses
Male	32.45	5.99	34.72	6.31	38.23	6.85	39.51	7.00	41.45	7.26
Female	25.73	4.75	28.01	5.09	31.21	5.59	33.41	5.93	34.76	6.09
Note: Figures are averages of the figures obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.