CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinesaccess to school. Overall, 24 991 children attended school. This represents 76.93 per cent of allchildren, or gross enrolment of over 110.81 per cent of children in the school age population (5to 14 years). A comparison of the attendance rate for boys and girls shows minimal difference infavour of the girls, 77.67 per cent compared to 76.21 per cent of males.8.5 Children in Overcrowded 25 HouseholdsIn 2001, 17 459 or 53.68 per cent of children lived in overcrowded households. The situationwas a little worse for children under five years compared to the older children, with 55.78 percent of them living in overcrowded households, (Table 8.4). Overcrowding among the 5 to 9 and10 to 14 years age groups wase, 54.22 and 51.24 per cent respectively.Males also fared off worse than females, with 55.38 per cent of them in overcrowded householdscompared to 52.03 per cent of females that lived in the same condition. At the administrativedistrict level, Sandy Bay had the highest percentage of its children living in overcrowdedhouseholds. Two of every three children (66.03 per cent) in this division lived in suchconditions.The rate of overcrowded household was also high for children in Chateaubelair (64.78),Georgetown (61.97) and Barrouallie (61.09). Calliaqua (43.69) and Kingstown (45.09) had thelowest incidence of overcrowded households for children.25 More than two persons per bedroom of a household107