Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

Table 2.4.2 Educational attainment of the male household population
Percent distribution of the de facto male household populations age 6 and older by highest level of schooling attended or completed and median
grade completed, according to background characteristics, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
No
education
Some
primary
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Completed
primary 1
Some
secondary
Completed
secondary 2
More than
secondary
Don’t
know/
missing Total Number
Median
years
completed
Age
6-9 34.5 65.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 4,532 0.1
10-14 9.5 71.2 1.6 17.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 4,695 3.1
15-19 10.8 19.6 3.6 62.1 3.1 0.7 0.2 100.0 3,559 6.7
20-24 14.0 12.4 6.2 34.8 25.3 7.3 0.1 100.0 2,276 11.7
25-29 20.5 16.3 7.7 15.1 30.3 10.1 0.0 100.0 1,908 8.1
30-34 21.8 15.0 11.3 12.3 28.5 11.0 0.1 100.0 1,459 7.1
35-39 22.2 16.5 11.7 17.6 23.6 8.0 0.3 100.0 1,807 5.9
40-44 30.4 18.9 8.2 12.9 25.1 4.4 0.1 100.0 1,546 5.1
45-49 39.4 23.9 7.3 10.1 16.2 3.1 0.0 100.0 1,327 2.4
50-54 56.4 26.1 5.0 4.5 6.8 1.3 0.1 100.0 1,117 0.0
55-59 65.9 21.3 5.3 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.0 100.0 843 0.0
60-64 83.6 11.5 2.7 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.1 100.0 1,196 0.0
65+
Residence
89.1 8.8 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 100.0 1,311 0.0
Urban 16.5 31.8 4.2 21.7 17.3 8.3 0.3 100.0 6,629 5.2
Rural
District
33.8 35.0 4.6 17.3 8.0 1.3 0.0 100.0 20,947 2.0
Aileu 32.2 35.8 6.2 17.0 7.2 1.5 0.0 100.0 1,182 2.1
Ainaro 38.8 33.2 3.4 17.1 6.5 1.0 0.0 100.0 1,580 1.5
Baucau 29.3 36.8 3.4 18.7 10.3 1.4 0.1 100.0 3,135 2.4
Bobonaro 36.2 34.2 5.1 15.0 8.2 1.3 0.0 100.0 2,572 1.8
Covalima 23.7 36.2 5.9 20.7 11.7 1.8 0.1 100.0 1,731 3.2
Dili 13.0 30.4 4.1 21.8 20.0 10.4 0.3 100.0 4,622 6.0
Ermera 42.9 31.6 4.2 16.2 4.7 0.4 0.0 100.0 3,299 0.9
Lautem 21.5 37.8 4.3 22.4 12.2 1.9 0.0 100.0 1,828 3.4
Liquiçá 31.1 37.6 4.2 17.8 6.9 2.3 0.0 100.0 1,724 2.3
Manatuto 28.6 35.2 4.9 17.9 11.1 2.1 0.1 100.0 1,222 2.9
Manufahi 31.1 30.3 6.2 21.8 8.7 1.6 0.2 100.0 1,153 3.0
Oecussi 42.5 34.5 5.8 11.1 4.3 1.9 0.0 100.0 1,618 0.6
Viqueque
Wealth quintile
30.2 37.2 3.3 18.2 8.9 2.3 0.0 100.0 1,910 2.3
Lowest 44.5 34.6 4.4 12.8 3.3 0.5 0.0 100.0 5,391 0.4
Second 37.9 35.3 4.4 16.0 5.8 0.5 0.1 100.0 5,462 1.4
Middle 33.8 34.8 5.3 17.2 7.8 1.1 0.1 100.0 5,448 2.0
Fourth 23.3 34.8 4.7 22.3 12.5 2.4 0.0 100.0 5,479 3.7
Highest 10.1 31.9 3.6 23.0 21.1 10.1 0.2 100.0 5,797 6.4
Total 29.6 34.2 4.5 18.3 10.2 3.0 0.1 100.0 27,576 2.7
Note: Total includes 2 cases with information missing on age.
1 Completed grade 6 at the primary level
2 Completed grade 12 at the secondary level
Males are more likely to be educated than females at all levels of education, with the
exception of completion of primary education where there is little difference. The median number of
years of schooling completed is about one year higher for males (2.7 years) than females (1.8 years).
There has been improvement in the proportion of the population with no education since the 2003
DHS survey. The proportion of females with no education decreased from 47 percent in 2003 to
37 percent in 2009-10. Similarly, the proportion of males with no education decreased from 37 to 30
percent. The male-female gap in educational attainment has narrowed slightly over the years.
The 2009-10 TLDHS collected information on school attendance for the population age 5-24
that allows the calculation of net attendance ratios (NARs) and gross attendance ratios (GARs) (see
Table 2.5). The NAR for primary school is the percentage of the primary-school-age (age 6-11)
population that is attending primary school. The NAR for secondary school is the measure of the
secondary-school-age (age 12-17) population that is attending secondary school. By definition, the
NAR cannot exceed 100 percent. The GAR however, measures participation at each level of
schooling among persons age 5-24. The GAR is almost always higher than the NAR for the same
level because the GAR includes participation by those who may be older (because they may have
started school late, repeated one or more grades, or dropped out and returned) or may be younger than
the official age range for that level.