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