Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Southern Highlands: 2000
		Ialibu/		Kagua/	Mendi/	Nipa/
	Total	Pangia	Imbonggu	Erave	Munihu	Kutubu	NS
Total	480,051	44,648	53,195	164,733	86,190	85,096	46,189
Yes currently	54,491	6,003	7,989	14,762	11,877	8,768	5,092
In the past but not now	71,474	8,324	10,456	17,338	15,339	11,796	8,221
Never	354,086	30,321	34,750	132,633	58,974	64,532	32,876
Males	244,301	22,689	27,495	84,122	43,820	42,922	23,253
Yes currently	31,824	3,574	4,596	9,050	6,618	5,103	2,883
In the past but not now	42,326	5,101	6,128	10,647	8,884	6,758	4,808
Never	170,151	14,014	16,771	64,425	28,318	31,061	15,562
Females	235,750	21,959	25,700	80,611	42,370	42,174	22,936
Yes currently	22,667	2,429	3,393	5,712	5,259	3,665	2,209
In the past but not now	29,148	3,223	4,328	6,691	6,455	5,038	3,413
Never	183,935	16,307	17,979	68,208	30,656	33,471	17,314
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total	117,160	12,675	17,572	29,882	25,636	19,029	12,366
None	2,603	294	468	588	433	713	107
Primary	76,900	7,950	10,493	21,057	16,158	12,737	8,505
Secondary	37,657	4,431	6,611	8,237	9,045	5,579	3,754
Males	69,022	7,685	10,199	18,392	14,565	10,995	7,186
None	1,366	170	256	321	222	345	52
Primary	43,427	4,606	5,882	12,436	8,836	6,974	4,693
Secondary	24,229	2,909	4,061	5,635	5,507	3,676	2,441
Females	48,138	4,990	7,373	11,490	11,071	8,034	5,180
None	1,237	124	212	267	211	368	55
Primary	33,473	3,344	4,611	8,621	7,322	5,763	3,812
Secondary	13,428	1,522	2,550	2,602	3,538	1,903	1,313
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census
Note: Educational Attainment is probably miscoded