23-51  Educational Attainment of Population Aged 15 and Above
Item	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
	Number of	(Percent)	Number of	(Percent)	Number of	(Percent)	Number of	(Percent)	Number of	(Percent)
	Persons		Persons		Persons		Persons		Persons
	(10 000		(10 000		(10 000		(10 000		(10 000
	persons)		persons)		persons)		persons)		persons)
Total
Male	270.37	47.83	272.65	47.56	274.44	47.31	275.37	47.11	278.15	46.90
Female	294.88	52.17	300.66	52.44	305.70	52.69	309.21	52.89	314.86	53.10
No Schooling/
Pre-primary
Male	9.02	1.60	8.77	1.53	8.37	1.44	7.69	1.32	7.36	1.24
Female	30.18	5.34	30.06	5.24	28.67	4.94	26.61	4.55	25.44	4.29
Primary
Male	53.28	9.43	51.89	9.05	50.94	8.78	48.87	8.36	48.32	8.15
Female	60.72	10.74	59.58	10.39	60.69	10.46	59.79	10.23	60.55	10.21
Lower Secondary
Male	53.11	9.40	52.08	9.08	50.41	8.69	50.95	8.71	50.48	8.51
Female	42.99	7.61	43.82	7.64	43.49	7.50	44.92	7.68	47.00	7.93
Upper Secondary
Male	77.23	13.66	80.47	14.04	82.15	14.16	82.86	14.17	83.01	14.00
Female	87.02	15.40	90.18	15.73	92.55	15.95	92.52	15.83	94.49	15.93
Sixth Form
Male	13.68	2.42	13.70	2.39	13.57	2.34	13.64	2.33	15.31	2.58
Female	16.51	2.92	16.63	2.90	16.54	2.85	17.28	2.96	17.71	2.99
Post-secondary
Non-degree Courses
Male	22.03	3.90	21.70	3.79	22.39	3.86	23.13	3.96	24.12	4.07
Female	22.31	3.95	21.53	3.76	22.22	3.83	23.73	4.06	23.87	4.03
Degree Courses
Male	42.02	7.43	44.04	7.68	46.61	8.04	48.24	8.25	49.56	8.36
Female	35.15	6.22	38.86	6.78	41.54	7.16	44.38	7.59	45.80	7.72
Note :  Figures are compiled based on the data obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.