CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the GrenadinesTable 11.1: Total Adults Aged 15 Years or Older who Worked,by Age Group and Sex, 2001AgeGroup Total % Male % Female %Total 35 036 100.00 21 518 100.00 13 518 100.0015-24 6 626 18.91 4 200 19.52 2 426 17.9525-44 19 649 56.08 11 801 54.84 7 848 58.0645-64 7 683 21.93 4 772 22.18 2 911 21.5365+ 1 078 3.08 745 3.46 333 2.46The majority of women that worked (63.48 per cent) had a secondary or higher level ofeducation, compared to only 38.53 per cent of men with that same level of education. Workingwomen with secondary level education accounted for the largest share of working women,(41.11 per cent) while those with pre-university and university level education accounted for17.34 and 4.57 per cent, respectively, (Table 11.2). The corresponding rates for working menshow that they lag far behind the women with lower levels of educational attainment.The highest level of educational qualification that most of the working women had was GCECXC/'O' Levels. One in every four of them had this qualification compared to only 13.17 percent of working men (Table 11.3). An additional 3.58 per cent of working women had 'A' levelsand 2.16 per cent had Bachelor's degree compared to 1.59 per cent and 1.31 per cent of workingmen, respectively. The younger working women in the 15 to 24 years age group were morelikely than those in the 25 to 44 years age group to have had CXC/GCE 'O' or 'A' levels, 50.49per cent compared to 21.93 per cent. This trend was the same among working men.130