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EDUCATION STATISTICS FROM 2000 CENSUS

Citizen population aged 5 years and over by school attendance, sex and sector, PNG, 2000 Census

		School attendance
Area	Total	Attending now	Attended in the past	Never attended	Not stated
All sectors
Total	4,416,823	740,936	1,479,354	2,139,065	57,468
Males	2,283,203	408,137	839,319	1,006,078	29,669
Females	2,133,620	332,799	640,035	1,132,987	27,799
Urban
Total	568,251	138,557	300,091	120,354	9,249
Males	306,829	74,202	171,032	57,036	4,559
Females	261,414	64,355	129,051	63,318	4,690
Rural
Total	3,848,572	602,379	1,179,263	2,018,711	48,219
Males	1,976,374	333,935	668,287	949,042	25,110
Females	1,872,198	268,444	510,976	1,069,669	23,109

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