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National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinescent) compared to girls (38.66 per cent). Attendance rates were higher among girls in alldivisions with the exception of Kingstown, Kingstown Suburb, Barrouallie and NorthGrenadines (Table 4.1 (b)).Table 4.1(b): Percentage Distribution of Children Under 5 Years by School Attendance,Administrative Division, Sex Ratio and Sex, 2001AdministrativeDivisionAttendingNot AttendingNotStatedMale % Female % Male % Female % M F AttendingSex RatioNotattendingTotal 1,774 34.61 1,729 35.69 3,343 65.23 3,104 64.08 8 11 103 108Kingstown 249 40.82 208 38.66 360 59.02 330 61.34 1 120 109Kingstown Suburb 221 35.08 191 31.01 408 64.76 424 68.83 1 1 116 96Calliaqua 359 35.40 374 38.09 654 64.50 605 61.61 1 3 96 108Marriaqua 163 39.37 167 40.73 251 60.63 242 59.02 1 98 104Bridgetown 107 32.42 107 33.33 223 67.58 214 66.67 100 104Colonarie 106 32.42 121 36.23 219 66.97 211 63.17 2 2 88 104Georgetown 127 38.14 122 40.00 206 61.86 183 60.00 104 113Sandy Bay 46 30.26 52 40.31 105 69.08 76 58.91 1 1 88 138Layou 89 27.81 93 32.07 231 72.19 197 67.93 96 117Barrouallie 84 29.68 71 27.20 198 69.96 190 72.80 1 118 104Chateaubelair 102 28.98 105 34.31 250 71.02 201 65.69 97 124North Grenadines 69 31.22 59 29.95 152 68.78 138 70.05 117 110South Grenadines 52 37.41 59 38.06 86 61.87 93 60.00 1 3 88 92The majority of the children under five years old that attended school were in pre-school (84.87per cent), while 8.22 per cent were in day care/nursery and 6.82 per cent in primary school.The low percentage of children placed in day care/nursery indicates that many of the children arestill being cared for at their own home or at someone else's home. Calliaqua and Kingstown hadthe highest number of children in day care/nursery, 81 and 76, respectively. However, the ratewas highest in Kingstown (16.63 per cent) and Chateaubelair (15.94 per cent) 7 .7 No Table was provided by the writer.39