Table 8. School Attendance and Educational Attainment by District, Bougainville: 2000                     
  Total North Bougainville Central Bougainville South Bougainville
     Total 143,442 59,732 33,112 50,598
Yes currently 39,308 14,740 9,205 15,363
In the past but not now 67,334 31,498 13,650 22,186
Never 36,800 13,494 10,257 13,049
    Males 73,455 30,553 17,192 25,710
Yes currently 20,730 7,544 5,001 8,185
In the past but not now 34,660 16,364 7,125 11,171
Never 18,065 6,645 5,066 6,354
    Females 69,987 29,179 15,920 24,888
Yes currently 18,578 7,196 4,204 7,178
In the past but not now 32,674 15,134 6,525 11,015
Never 18,735 6,849 5,191 6,695
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
    Total 100,710 43,388 21,204 36,118
None 3,866 1,408 524 1,934
Primary 77,443 31,686 16,546 29,211
Secondary 19,401 10,294 4,134 4,973
    Males 52,268 22,400 11,251 18,617
None 2,022 723 284 1,015
Primary 39,032 15,929 8,449 14,654
Secondary 11,214 5,748 2,518 2,948
    Females 48,442 20,988 9,953 17,501
None 1,844 685 240 919
Primary 38,411 15,757 8,097 14,557
Secondary 8,187 4,546 1,616 2,025
Source: 2000 Papua New Guinea Census
Note: Codes for educational attainment are probably wrong