4-12  Illiterate and Semi-Literate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region                      
Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 2003. The sampling fraction is 0.982°.  
                (person, %)  
Region                    
Population  Male Female Illiterate  Male Female to Total   Male Female  
Aged 15 and Semi- Aged 15  
and Over literate and Over  
                   
  National Total 1004154 505478 498676 109955 30912 79043 10.95 6.12 15.85
  Beijing        12583 6472 6111 580 127 453 4.61 1.96 7.41
  Tianjin        8566 4201 4365 545 125 420 6.36 2.97 9.62
  Hebei          53791 27172 26620 3955 1150 2805 7.35 4.23 10.54
  Shanxi         25082 12755 12327 1452 425 1026 5.79 3.34 8.32
  Inner Mongolia 19223 9815 9408 2628 857 1771 13.67 8.73 18.82
  Liaoning       35441 17632 17809 1680 419 1261 4.74 2.38 7.08
  Jilin          22617 11259 11358 880 302 578 3.89 2.68 5.09
  Heilongjiang   31722 16004 15718 1835 538 1298 5.79 3.36 8.26
  Shanghai       14646 7304 7342 861 157 705 5.88 2.14 9.60
  Jiangsu        60549 29480 31069 8753 2168 6585 14.46 7.35 21.19
  Zhejiang       38534 19292 19242 5096 1459 3638 13.23 7.56 18.90
  Anhui          48983 24798 24186 6694 1925 4769 13.67 7.76 19.72
  Fujian         26935 13505 13430 3650 826 2825 13.55 6.11 21.03
  Jiangxi        32045 16118 15927 2644 662 1982 8.25 4.11 12.44
  Shandong       73300 36226 37074 10020 2626 7394 13.67 7.25 19.94
  Henan          73564 37159 36405 6773 1907 4866 9.21 5.13 13.37
  Hubei          46673 23525 23148 5522 1357 4165 11.83 5.77 17.99
  Hunan          52835 27187 25647 4476 1227 3249 8.47 4.51 12.67
  Guangdong      57083 28411 28672 4308 869 3439 7.55 3.06 12.00
  Guangxi        37377 19275 18102 3309 826 2483 8.85 4.28 13.72
  Hainan         6026 3121 2905 549 126 423 9.11 4.05 14.56
  Chongqing      24945 12503 12442 2095 552 1543 8.40 4.42 12.40
  Sichuan        68569 34325 34244 8046 2424 5622 11.73 7.06 16.42
  Guizhou        28111 14350 13760 5533 1718 3815 19.68 11.97 27.72
  Yunnan         32286 16808 15478 6941 2327 4614 21.50 13.84 29.81
  Tibet          1927 890 1036 1057 408 649 54.86 45.82 62.63
  Shaanxi        28725 14531 14194 3421 1092 2329 11.91 7.51 16.41
  Gansu          19739 10066 9673 4013 1429 2584 20.33 14.20 26.71
  Qinghai        3937 1981 1957 924 280 643 23.45 14.15 32.88
  Ningxia        4163 2094 2069 731 220 511 17.57 10.52 24.69
  Xinjiang       14178 7220 6957 984 384 600 6.94 5.32 8.62
                   
a) Illiterate and semi-illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over, who are unable or very difficult to read.