The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents

The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents
Appendix
Table 1
Ages of compulsory schooling and attendance rates of female and male 11–15-year-olds.
Demographic and Health Surveys: rank ordered within regions by percentages of urban girls aged 11–15 years
attending school.
Region and country
Year
School
compulsory
to age x
11–15 year olds attending school
%
Urban
Rural
F M F/M F M F/M
Western and middle Africa
Gabon 2000 15 92 95 97 94 96 98
The Congo (Brazzaville) 2005 15 91 90 101 84 90 93
Cameroon 2004 11 88 91 97 71 83 86
Ghana 2003 15 84 90 93 74 74 100
Nigeria 2003 14 80 83 96 64 74 86
Mauritania 2000/01 14 74 82 90 48 62 77
Guinea 2005 12 74 84 88 37 51 72
Togo 1998 15 70 92 76 59 77 77
Benin 2006 11 67 80 84 53 67 79
Senegal 2005 12 65 68 96 40 48 83
The Central African Republic 1994/95 15 65 79 82 30 60 50
Burkina Faso 2003 15 62 71 87 18 25 72
Chad 2004 11 60 74 81 31 51 61
Mali 2006 15 57 71 80 31 42 74
The Niger 2006 12 56 65 86 20 35 57
Eastern and southern Africa
South Africa 1998 15 93 95 98 94 96 98
Lesotho 2004 – 93 93 100 92 82 112
Namibia 2000 16 93 96 97 91 84 108
Eritrea 2002 14 89 95 94 62 77 80
Zimbabwe 1999 12 88 96 92 87 88 99
Malawi 2004 13 88 88 100 84 84 100
Uganda 2000/01 12 83 87 95 88 90 98
Zambia 2001/02 13 83 84 99 68 75 91
Mozambique 2003 12 83 88 94 64 73 88
Kenya 2003 13 82 92 89 89 90 99
The United Republic of Tanzania 2004 13 80 84 95 78 80 98
Madagascar 2003/04 14 80 84 85 66 66 100
Rwanda 2005 12 78 84 93 82 79 104
Ethiopia 2000 – 74 85 87 28 41 68
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