Educational and Economic conditions among women in 42 countries.(Sub-Saharan Africa)(North Africa and Middle East)(Asia)(Latin America)(Developed countries)(North Africa & Middle East)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

 
APPENDIX TABLE 3. 
 
EDUCATIONALAND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AMONG WOMEN IN 42 COUNTRIES 
 
Sub-Saharan Africa 
 
                                             % of women 
                            % of women       20-24 with 
                               20-24      [greater than or 
                              who can    equal to] years of 
   Country and survey year  read easily      schooling 
 
                                 1               2 
            Botswana, 1988      74               68 
             Burundi, 1987      22                3 
            Cameroon, 1991      49               40 
               Ghana, 1988      54               54 
               Kenya, 1993      76               70 
                 Mali,1987       9                7 
             Namibia, 1992      81               59 
               Niger, 1992       7                3 
             Nigeria, 1990      38               31 
             Senegal, 1986      19               11 
       Tanzania, 1991-1992      67               72 
                Toga, 1988      29               18 
         Uganda, 1988-1989      44               26 
              Zambia, 1992      53               58 
            Zimbabwe, 1988      90               67 
 
                                % of women       Girls per 
                                40-44 with        100 boys 
                             [greater than or   in secondary 
                            equal to] years of    school, 
   Country and survey year      schooling           1991 
 
                                    3                4 
            Borswana, 1988          21              107 
             Burundi, 1987           2               84 
            Cameroon, 1991           8               85 
               Ghana, 1988          20               82 
               Kenya, 1993          26               95 
                 Mali,1987           1               58 
             Namibia, 1992          26              108 
               Niger, 1992           0               57 
             Nigeria, 1990           4               76 
             Senegal, 1986           3               72 
       Tanzania, 1991-1992          10               98 
                Toga, 1988           4               65 
         Uganda, 1988-1989           5               82 
              Zambia, 1992          23               91 
            Zimbabwe, 1988          25               99 
 
                             Girls per    % of urban 
                              100 boys    women with 
                            in secondary  a child 

Column 1: for France--Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques estimate; for the United States--U.S. Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1987, Washington D.C., 1987. Table 11, p. 17 (the percentage literate among young U.S. adults aged 21-25 in 1985 is defined as the percentage who have a prose comprehension score of 200 or more); for China--United Nations, The World's Women, 1970-1990, New York, 1991, Table 4. p. 52. Columns 4 and 5: The World Bank, World Development Report 1994, Oxford University Press, New York, 1994, Table 29, pp. 218-219; for Bolivia (secondary, 1990), Brazil (primary and secondary, 1980), Dominican Republic (secondary. 1985), Ecuador (primary and secondary, 1987), Guatemala (primary, 1991, and secondary, 1980), Peru (primary and secondary, 1985), Uganda (primary and secondary, 1986)--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Statistical Yearbook, 1993, Paris, 1993, Table 3.2.