Demographic

There are large differentials by residence. For both rural men and women, urban residentsconsistently have higher levels of education. For instance, the median years completed for urban womenis 7.8 years, whereas for women in rural areas it is only 4.7 years. For men, the corresponding proportionis 8.0 and 3.9 years, respectively. Across regions, men and women in Manzini are better educated thanthose in other regions. On the other hand, men and women in Lubombo are the least educated. Asexpected, educational attainment is positively related to the wealth status of the household. Women andmen in wealthier households are better educated than those in poorer households.Table 2.3.1 Educational attainment of the female household populationPercent distribution of the de facto female household populations age six and over by highest level of schooling attended or completedand median years completed, according to background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicNoeducationSomeprimaryCompletedprimary 1SomesecondaryCompletedsecondary 2TertiaryDon'tknow/missing Total NumberMedianyearscompletedAge6-9 16.2 82.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 100.0 1,274 0.310-14 2.3 85.3 6.6 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 1,754 3.715-19 2.7 27.4 14.6 50.1 4.3 0.6 0.3 100.0 1,392 7.320-24 6.0 16.8 10.4 44.7 16.9 5.0 0.3 100.0 1,161 8.425-29 6.9 14.4 9.8 34.4 22.6 11.2 0.7 100.0 821 9.130-34 8.2 16.3 12.4 34.2 15.7 12.5 0.8 100.0 663 8.635-39 11.1 22.3 11.8 29.3 11.5 12.7 1.2 100.0 569 7.740-44 15.5 25.7 8.3 29.2 8.3 11.0 1.9 100.0 483 6.945-49 22.4 25.0 11.9 25.1 6.3 8.1 1.2 100.0 415 6.250-54 28.4 30.9 13.6 16.7 2.7 6.8 0.9 100.0 392 4.855-59 26.8 36.1 11.1 14.5 2.0 7.9 1.6 100.0 262 3.960-64 47.7 36.0 5.5 5.0 1.1 3.0 1.9 100.0 293 0.465+ 59.3 28.8 5.7 3.1 0.2 1.3 1.6 100.0 559 0.0ResidenceUrban 7.7 27.6 9.0 29.1 13.5 12.5 0.7 100.0 2,134 7.8Rural 15.0 45.5 8.9 22.1 5.2 2.5 0.8 100.0 7,906 4.7RegionHhohho 14.1 37.3 9.1 25.5 7.0 6.2 0.8 100.0 2,615 5.7Manzini 9.3 39.9 9.5 25.1 9.5 6.0 0.7 100.0 3,167 6.0Shiselweni 13.0 45.6 8.8 23.6 5.8 2.7 0.5 100.0 2,313 4.9Lubombo 19.8 46.0 7.6 18.7 4.1 2.7 1.1 100.0 1,944 4.0Wealth quintileLowest 26.8 52.1 7.7 10.8 2.0 0.0 0.5 100.0 1,946 2.4Second 18.3 49.7 9.6 17.9 3.2 0.2 1.1 100.0 1,988 3.8Middle 10.3 46.5 10.2 26.1 5.4 0.7 0.7 100.0 1,988 5.3Fourth 8.0 37.2 9.0 33.4 9.0 2.7 0.8 100.0 2,037 6.5Highest 4.7 24.2 7.9 29.2 14.5 18.8 0.8 100.0 2,081 8.8Total 13.4 41.7 8.9 23.6 6.9 4.6 0.8 100.0 10,040 5.3Note: Total includes three females with information missing on age1Completed 7 th grade at the primary level2Completed 5 th grade at the secondary level12 | Household Population and Housing Characteristics