4-13  Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2006)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2006 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.907‰.
Region	Population			Illiterate			% to Total
	Aged 15			Population			Aged 15
	and Over	Male	Female		Male	Female	and Over	Male	Female
	(person)						(%)
National Total	972385	484183	488202	90564	23560	67004	9.31	4.87	13.72
Beijing	12868	6315	6554	575	138	437	4.47	2.19	6.67
Tianjin	8522	4161	4362	349	66	284	4.10	1.59	6.50
Hebei	53091	26512	26580	3407	883	2524	6.42	3.33	9.50
Shanxi	24918	12508	12410	1103	328	774	4.42	2.62	6.24
Inner Mongolia	18581	9409	9172	1739	500	1239	9.36	5.31	13.51
Liaoning	34316	17213	17103	1415	358	1057	4.12	2.08	6.18
Jilin	21931	11019	10912	1143	342	801	5.21	3.10	7.34
Heilongjiang	30532	15380	15152	1517	426	1090	4.97	2.77	7.19
Shanghai	15187	7500	7687	747	131	616	4.92	1.74	8.02
Jiangsu	59074	28009	31065	5528	1132	4396	9.36	4.04	14.15
Zhejiang	38697	19269	19428	3947	981	2966	10.20	5.09	15.27
Anhui	44746	22133	22613	7292	1924	5368	16.30	8.69	23.74
Fujian	26959	13349	13610	3049	590	2459	11.31	4.42	18.07
Jiangxi	30243	14922	15321	2787	648	2139	9.21	4.34	13.96
Shandong	72821	36145	36676	6648	1541	5107	9.13	4.26	13.92
Henan	68956	33827	35129	5955	1749	4206	8.64	5.17	11.97
Hubei	44059	21943	22116	4330	1081	3249	9.83	4.93	14.69
Hunan	48207	24084	24123	3144	747	2397	6.52	3.10	9.94
Guangdong	68166	34362	33804	3486	669	2818	5.11	1.95	8.34
Guangxi	33682	17338	16343	2024	424	1600	6.01	2.44	9.79
Hainan	5987	3079	2908	568	135	433	9.50	4.39	14.90
Chongqing	20946	10366	10580	2032	567	1465	9.70	5.47	13.84
Sichuan	61143	30537	30606	7678	2157	5522	12.56	7.06	18.04
Guizhou	25207	12812	12396	4736	1231	3505	18.79	9.61	28.27
Yunnan	31972	16349	15623	5276	1617	3659	16.50	9.89	23.42
Tibet	1944	945	999	887	316	571	45.65	33.46	57.17
Shaanxi	28183	13888	14295	2635	771	1864	9.35	5.55	13.04
Gansu	18859	9377	9481	4201	1294	2907	22.27	13.80	30.66
Qinghai	3908	1970	1938	754	235	519	19.30	11.92	26.80
Ningxia	4203	2121	2082	649	189	460	15.44	8.93	22.07
Xinjiang	14475	7340	7135	964	389	574	6.66	5.30	8.05
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty in reading.