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97 Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2006

Table ED.7: Adult literacy


Percentage of women aged 15-24 years who are literate, Bangladesh, 2006
Division Barisal 72.3 .2 1609
Chittagong 74.0 .5 5630
Dhaka 68.5 .4 8765
Khulna 74.3 .4 3095
Rajshahi 67.9 .3 6891
Sylhet 62.7 .5 1924
Area Rural 67.6 .4 18986
Urban 75.4 .4 8703
Urban municipality 75.9 .4 6093
City Corporations 74.2 .5 2610
Non-slum 77.0 .5 2423
Slum 38.2 .6 187
Tribal 54.7 .2 225
Education None .0 .0 3948
Primary incomplete 22.2 1.2 3555
Primary completed 55.3 1.9 3580
Secondary incomplete 100.0 .0 12305
Secondary completed or higher 100.0 .0 4419
Non-standard curriculum 28.8 .4 105
Missing/DK '(*)' '(*)' 3
Age 15-19 76.0 .5 15284
20-24 62.6 .3 12630
Wealth index quintiles Poorest 40.2 .6 4457
Second 57.7 .5 5336
Middle 71.7 .5 5809
Fourth 82.6 .2 6054
Richest 87.7 .3 6258
National 69.9 .4 27914
* MICS Indicator 60; MDG Indicator 8
An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been supressed.
Background characteristics Percentage
literate *
Percentage
not known
No. of
women aged
15-24 years

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