3-13  Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2007)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2007 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.900‰.
Region
		Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
	Population			Illiterate			% to Total
	Aged 15			Population			Aged 15
	and Over						and Over
	(person)						(%)
National Total	976263	486960	489304	82044	21180	60865	8.40	4.35	12.44
Beijing	13153	6509	6645	440	99	341	3.34	1.52	5.13
Tianjin	8773	4359	4414	338	75	263	3.85	1.72	5.95
Hebei	52862	26507	26355	3303	800	2504	6.25	3.02	9.50
Shanxi	25001	12684	12317	1066	289	777	4.26	2.28	6.31
Inner Mongolia	18604	9374	9230	1532	456	1076	8.23	4.86	11.65
Liaoning	34334	17168	17165	1289	320	969	3.76	1.86	5.65
Jilin	21781	10984	10797	992	291	701	4.55	2.65	6.49
Heilongjiang	30563	15366	15197	1333	366	967	4.36	2.38	6.36
Shanghai	15378	7611	7767	621	106	515	4.04	1.40	6.63
Jiangsu	59592	28460	31131	4883	1040	3843	8.19	3.66	12.35
Zhejiang	39123	19823	19300	3960	961	3000	10.12	4.85	15.54
Anhui	44509	21805	22704	7489	2035	5454	16.83	9.33	24.02
Fujian	26987	13309	13678	3022	601	2421	11.20	4.52	17.70
Jiangxi	30897	15243	15655	2225	459	1767	7.20	3.01	11.29
Shandong	72490	35954	36535	5950	1388	4562	8.21	3.86	12.49
Henan	68846	34050	34797	5449	1496	3953	7.91	4.39	11.36
Hubei	44177	22140	22037	3843	1022	2821	8.70	4.62	12.80
Hunan	48587	24657	23930	2601	637	1964	5.35	2.58	8.21
Guangdong	69264	34726	34538	2850	513	2338	4.12	1.48	6.77
Guangxi	33925	17406	16519	1976	456	1520	5.82	2.62	9.20
Hainan	6053	3111	2941	517	116	401	8.54	3.74	13.62
Chongqing	20957	10445	10512	1677	452	1225	8.00	4.33	11.65
Sichuan	60809	30125	30684	6461	1784	4677	10.62	5.92	15.24
Guizhou	25171	12705	12466	4177	1072	3105	16.59	8.44	24.91
Yunnan	31972	16278	15694	5158	1590	3569	16.13	9.77	22.74
Tibet	2025	985	1040	745	279	466	36.77	28.32	44.77
Shaanxi	28415	14068	14347	2525	713	1813	8.89	5.07	12.64
Gansu	19023	9503	9519	3677	1145	2532	19.33	12.04	26.60
Qinghai	3914	1966	1947	720	216	505	18.40	10.97	25.91
Ningxia	4255	2137	2118	587	167	420	13.80	7.82	19.83
Xinjiang	14825	7501	7324	637	238	399	4.29	3.17	5.45
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty in reading.