2011 Economic Activity | School Attendance | Educational Attainment

Table 7. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by Economic Activity	Total	Paid Garden/Fishing	Business paid help	Business no paid help	Wage job	Subsistence	Unpaid family	No work
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Total	181,128	14,490	4,576	7,101	7,439	58,241	8,824	80,457
Attending Now	43,543	584	166	225	95	2,583	980	38,910
Attended in the past	105,873	11,642	3,947	5,905	7,059	43,420	6,583	27,317
Never Attended	31,712	2,264	463	971	285	12,238	1,261	14,230
Males
Total	92,246	8,808	3,507	5,506	4,958	22,164	6,082	41,221
Attending Now	22,824	359	122	157	61	1,184	560	20,381
Attended in the past	53,818	7,118	3,043	4,616	4,695	16,186	4,667	13,493
Never Attended	15,604	1,331	342	733	202	4,794	855	7,347
Females
Total	88,882	5,682	1,069	1,595	2,481	36,077	2,742	39,236
Attending Now	20,719	225	44	68	34	1,399	420	18,529
Attended in the past	52,055	4,524	904	1,289	2,364	27,234	1,916	13,824
Never Attended	16,108	933	121	238	83	7,444	406	6,883
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total	149,416	12,226	4,113	6,130	7,154	46,003	7,563	66,227
Grade 1	6,205	185	36	68	16	827	161	4,912
Grade 2	9,396	539	120	198	51	1,848	386	6,254
Grade 3	13,812	913	232	380	100	3,477	558	8,152
Grade 4	13,055	972	235	421	106	3,515	619	7,187
Grade 5	12,239	982	236	424	115	3,580	573	6,329
Grade 6	40,735	4,474	1,333	2,252	1,190	17,710	2,221	11,555
Grade 7	7,729	499	150	236	108	1,727	357	4,652
Grade 8	18,253	1,660	564	911	664	6,191	1,124	7,139
Grade 9	4,403	311	112	168	143	1,067	212	2,390
Grade 10	19,266	1,516	876	905	3,361	5,451	1,163	5,994
Grade 11	786	34	18	20	44	111	41	518
Grade 12	3,537	141	201	147	1,256	499	148	1,145
Median	6.5	6.6	6.9	6.7	10.3	6.6	6.7	6.0
Males
Total	76,642	7,477	3,165	4,773	4,756	17,370	5,227	33,874
Grade 1	3,311	108	26	53	13	318	102	2,691
Grade 2	4,897	336	84	148	44	690	270	3,325
Grade 3	7,070	581	182	289	92	1,295	372	4,259
Grade 4	6,816	588	179	355	83	1,354	439	3,818
Grade 5	6,030	582	183	333	94	1,256	383	3,199
Grade 6	20,029	2,653	1,065	1,743	1,021	6,468	1,546	5,533
Grade 7	3,909	317	111	190	80	611	231	2,369
Grade 8	9,111	992	419	697	497	2,197	761	3,548
Grade 9	2,364	217	88	126	112	484	156	1,181
Grade 10	10,397	974	658	699	1,929	2,321	832	2,984
Grade 11	420	24	17	14	29	57	18	261
Grade 12	2,288	105	153	126	762	319	117	706
Median	6.5	6.6	6.9	6.7	10.2	6.6	6.7	5.9
Females
Total	72,774	4,749	948	1,357	2,398	28,633	2,336	32,353
Grade 1	2,894	77	10	15	3	509	59	2,221
Grade 2	4,499	203	36	50	7	1,158	116	2,929
Grade 3	6,742	332	50	91	8	2,182	186	3,893
Grade 4	6,239	384	56	66	23	2,161	180	3,369
Grade 5	6,209	400	53	91	21	2,324	190	3,130
Grade 6	20,706	1,821	268	509	169	11,242	675	6,022
Grade 7	3,820	182	39	46	28	1,116	126	2,283
Grade 8	9,142	668	145	214	167	3,994	363	3,591
Grade 9	2,039	94	24	42	31	583	56	1,209
Grade 10	8,869	542	218	206	1,432	3,130	331	3,010
Grade 11	366	10	1	6	15	54	23	257
Grade 12	1,249	36	48	21	494	180	31	439
Median	6.5	6.5	7.0	6.7	10.5	6.5	6.6	6.1
Source: Papua New Guinea Census compiled by PacificWeb