3-13  Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2008)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2008 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.887‰.
Region	Population			Illiterate			Percentage
		Male	Female		Male	Female	of Illiterate	Male	Female
	Aged 15						Population to
	and Over			Population			Total Aged 15
	(person)			(person)			and Over(%)
National Total	974433	487113	487319	75731	19596	56135	7.77	4.02	11.52
Beijing	13375	6767	6608	416	79	337	3.11	1.16	5.10
Tianjin	9028	4418	4610	318	72	246	3.52	1.63	5.33
Hebei	52866	26656	26210	2556	646	1910	4.83	2.42	7.29
Shanxi	25177	12662	12515	1068	299	769	4.24	2.36	6.14
Inner Mongolia	18565	9484	9081	1512	440	1072	8.14	4.64	11.80
Liaoning	34259	17052	17207	1193	278	915	3.48	1.63	5.32
Jilin	21735	10946	10790	964	286	678	4.44	2.62	6.28
Heilongjiang	30280	15236	15044	1259	332	927	4.16	2.18	6.16
Shanghai	15522	7705	7817	616	116	500	3.97	1.50	6.40
Jiangsu	59653	28266	31387	4802	987	3815	8.05	3.49	12.15
Zhejiang	39465	19964	19501	3703	918	2784	9.38	4.60	14.28
Anhui	44335	22090	22244	6424	1762	4663	14.49	7.97	20.96
Fujian	26720	13250	13470	2773	464	2309	10.38	3.50	17.14
Jiangxi	30628	15114	15515	1987	438	1548	6.49	2.90	9.98
Shandong	71724	35377	36347	5707	1349	4358	7.96	3.81	11.99
Henan	68058	33399	34659	5008	1435	3573	7.36	4.30	10.31
Hubei	44106	22058	22047	3391	924	2467	7.69	4.19	11.19
Hunan	48037	24496	23541	2819	726	2093	5.87	2.96	8.89
Guangdong	69879	35265	34614	2812	490	2322	4.02	1.39	6.71
Guangxi	33798	17402	16396	1896	438	1458	5.61	2.52	8.89
Hainan	6015	3092	2922	520	113	407	8.65	3.66	13.94
Chongqing	20687	10272	10416	1614	468	1146	7.80	4.55	11.00
Sichuan	60928	30601	30327	6239	1778	4462	10.24	5.81	14.71
Guizhou	25238	12865	12373	3680	925	2755	14.58	7.19	22.27
Yunnan	31885	16450	15435	4239	1262	2977	13.29	7.67	19.29
Tibet	2011	963	1048	759	269	491	37.77	27.94	46.80
Shaanxi	28407	14153	14254	2326	690	1637	8.19	4.87	11.48
Gansu	18840	9368	9472	3349	1022	2327	17.77	10.91	24.56
Qinghai	3919	1963	1956	654	191	463	16.68	9.71	23.67
Ningxia	4267	2154	2113	430	123	308	10.09	5.69	14.56
Xinjiang	15026	7626	7400	698	277	421	4.64	3.63	5.69
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty in reading.