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Table 3.3.1 Literacy: Women<br />

Percent distribution <strong>of</strong> women age 15-49 by level <strong>of</strong> schooling attended <strong>and</strong> level <strong>of</strong> literacy, <strong>and</strong> percentage literate, according to background<br />

characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Presecondary<br />

school or<br />

higher<br />

Can read a<br />

whole<br />

sentence<br />

Can read<br />

part <strong>of</strong> a<br />

sentence<br />

No schooling or primary school<br />

Cannot<br />

read at all<br />

No card<br />

with<br />

required<br />

language<br />

Blind/<br />

visually<br />

impaired Missing<br />

Total<br />

Percentage<br />

literate 1<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

women<br />

Age<br />

15-19 68.3 11.2 6.6 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 86.1 3,144<br />

20-24 63.6 9.5 8.3 18.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 81.4 2,343<br />

25-29 50.6 <strong>10</strong>.9 <strong>10</strong>.3 27.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 71.8 1,897<br />

30-34 42.7 14.3 <strong>10</strong>.1 32.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 67.1 1,534<br />

35-39 34.6 12.0 12.5 40.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 59.0 1,684<br />

40-44 22.9 9.6 <strong>10</strong>.3 56.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 42.8 1,388<br />

45-49<br />

Residence<br />

<strong>10</strong>.8 8.9 9.5 70.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 29.3 1,146<br />

Urban 69.6 8.0 6.1 16.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 83.8 3,439<br />

Rural<br />

District<br />

40.0 12.0 <strong>10</strong>.4 37.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 62.4 9,698<br />

Aileu 43.6 11.6 9.8 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 65.0 554<br />

Ainaro 43.5 5.1 9.2 42.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 57.8 619<br />

Baucau 50.4 12.1 6.9 30.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 69.3 1,408<br />

Bobonaro 35.6 <strong>10</strong>.8 11.6 41.4 0.1 0.4 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 58.0 1,262<br />

Covalima 52.7 <strong>10</strong>.6 <strong>10</strong>.9 25.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 74.2 781<br />

Dili 74.5 7.9 6.7 <strong>10</strong>.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 89.2 2,466<br />

Ermera 29.5 5.5 12.2 52.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 47.2 1,542<br />

Lautem 53.4 14.4 <strong>10</strong>.3 21.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 78.1 864<br />

Liquiçá 39.5 11.0 12.3 37.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 62.8 801<br />

Manatuto 50.8 14.5 8.4 26.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 73.7 603<br />

Manufahi 50.3 11.6 8.4 29.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 70.3 470<br />

Oecussi 23.0 20.6 8.0 48.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 51.6 884<br />

Viqueque<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

43.1 15.3 8.2 33.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 66.6 882<br />

Lowest 21.6 14.9 <strong>10</strong>.0 53.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 46.5 2,314<br />

Second 31.6 11.2 12.2 44.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 55.1 2,468<br />

Middle 41.9 11.8 <strong>10</strong>.4 35.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 64.2 2,590<br />

Fourth 55.0 <strong>10</strong>.5 9.3 25.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 74.7 2,687<br />

Highest 79.1 7.4 5.2 8.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 <strong>10</strong>0.0 91.8 3,077<br />

Total 47.8 <strong>10</strong>.9 9.2 31.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 <strong>10</strong>0.0 68.0 13,137<br />

1 Refers to women who attended pre-secondary school or higher <strong>and</strong> women who can read a whole sentence or part <strong>of</strong> a sentence<br />

Not surprisingly, literacy is highest in Dili, the most urban district in the country, with nine in<br />

ten women being literate. Less than one in two women in Ermera is literate, however.<br />

There is also a significant difference in literacy levels by women’s wealth status, with literacy<br />

rising from a low <strong>of</strong> 47 percent among women in the lowest wealth quintile to a high <strong>of</strong> 92 percent<br />

among women in the highest wealth quintile. This reaffirms the positive association between<br />

economic status <strong>and</strong> literacy.<br />

Men are more likely to be literate than women (Table 3.3.2). Four-fifths <strong>of</strong> <strong>Timor</strong>ese men age<br />

15-49 are literate. The gap in urban-rural literacy among men is smaller than the gap among women,<br />

suggesting that men in rural areas are better able to access learning than women. The level <strong>of</strong> literacy<br />

ranges from a low <strong>of</strong> 56 percent <strong>of</strong> men in Oecussi to a high <strong>of</strong> 92 percent <strong>of</strong> men in Dili. Nearly all<br />

men (95 percent) in the highest wealth quintile are literate.<br />

Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Respondents | 35

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