1. Age-sex literacy rates by various surveys.
Table 5. Trend and Level in Age-Sex Specific Literacy Rate
Characteristic
Age-sex literacy rates by various surveys.
Women
Men
Census 1991
NDHS 2003
NDES 2004
Census 2006
Sentinel 2007
NDHS 2008
NDHS 2011
NDHS 2013
NDHS
2004
15-19
67.9
61.3
69.9
67.5
67.3
66.7
65.4
82.6
79.2
98.0
85.5
81.7
87.3
82.3
20-24
36.5
56.4
58.9
35.9
58.7
61.1
62.0
63.2
79.7
80.3
87.7
78.7
83.3
81.1
84.1
25-29
49.4
51.9
49.2
51.2
54.7
56.6
54.6
76.2
78.9
75.4
78.3
74.7
72.7
30-34
38.6
41.3
57.7
37.6
46.0
49.9
42.8
49.0
70.7
75.6
68.1
72.0
75.3
79.9
76.9
35-39
35.8
39.8
47.7
41.7
42.7
68.2
70.4
70.8
67.2
71.1
71.7
40-44
27.0
31.1
35.3
41.9
44.4
40.7
60.5
64.6
61.7
60.4
61.9
65.9
45-49
23.7
22.4
37.9
24.2
25.6
31.7
38.3
35.4
59.8
60.0
56.8
58.8
68.9
63.7
Source: Nigeria 1991census, NDHS 2003, NDES 2004, Nigeria 2006 census, Sentinel 2007, NDHS 2008, NDHS 2011, NDHS 2013.
ACHA, CHIGOZIE KELECHI et al. Trend and Levels of Women Empowerment in Nigeria. American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2014, Vol. 2, No. 6, doi: /ajams-2-6-8
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