[Population and education: some current challenges]. / Poblacion y educacion. Algunos retos actuales.
Demos
; (5): 32-3, 1992.
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| ID: mdl-12158073
PIP: In 1900, 78% of Mexican women over age 10 were illiterate, and only 713,000 persons attended school. The population over age 15 averaged less than 1 year of school attendance. The illiteracy rate according to the 1990 census was 11%, and 23.6 million persons over age 5 attended some educational institution. The average school attendance for those over 15 was 6.5 years. Despite the great achievements of the past 9 decades, the 1990 census indicates that serious challenges remain. The proportion of illiterates in the population over age 15 declined from 44.1% in 1950 to 25.8% in 1970 and 12.4% in 1990, but the absolute numbers remained almost constant between 7 and 8 million for many years, and only recently declined to 6.2 million. 37.4% of persons 65 and over but only 3.9% of those 15-19 are illiterate. Of the 6.2 million illiterates, 2.3 million are male and 3.9 million female, for rates of 9.7% and 15% respectively. 21% of illiterates are 15-29 years old, and half reside in just 6 Mexican states. 90.0% of Mexican children 6-11 years old attend school, as do 75% of those 12-14 and nearly half of those 15-19. If school attendance at both primary and secondary levels had been obligatory in 1990, some 2.5 million more children would have been enrolled, the majority in dispersed rural localities and marginal urban zones.^ieng
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Demos
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1992
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