Table 12. Literacy and First Language Spoken at Home by Municipality, Kosrae: 1994
  Total Lelu Malem Utwe Tafunsak
LITERACY
    Total 6,751 2,203 1,314 986 2,248
Literate 6,170 2,029 1,140 907 2,094
Illiterate 581 174 174 79 154
     Males 3,531 1,112 682 474 1,263
Literate 3,238 1,019 595 441 1,183
Illiterate 293 93 87 33 80
     Females 3,220 1,091 632 512 985
Literate 2,932 1,010 545 466 911
Illiterate 288 81 87 46 74
FIRST LANGUAGE
     Total 6,751 2,203 1,314 986 2,248
English 94 47 5 4 38
Yapese 5 4 1 0 0
Yap Outer Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Chuukese/Mortlockese 10 4 3 0 3
Pohnpeian 50 14 6 5 25
Polynesian 2 0 0 0 2
Mokilese/Pingelapese 12 0 2 1 9
Kosraean 6,229 2,093 1,285 976 1,875
Other Pacific 19 7 8 0 4
Asian languages 325 30 3 0 292
Other European language 99 51 6 4 38
    Males 3,531 1,112 682 474 1,263
English 63 33 3 4 23
Yapese 2 1 1 0 0
Yap Outer Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Chuukese/Mortlockese 2 1 1 0 0
Pohnpeian 28 9 2 2 15
Polynesian 1 0 0 0 1
Mokilese/Pingelapese 3 0 1 0 2
Kosraean 3,113 1,044 667 468 934
Other Pacific 7 2 3 0 2
Asian languages 309 20 3 0 286
Other European language 66 35 4 4 23
    Females 3,220 1,091 632 512 985
English 31 14 2 0 15
Yapese 3 3 0 0 0
Yap Outer Islands 0 0 0 0 0
Chuukese/Mortlockese 8 3 2 0 3
Pohnpeian 22 5 4 3 10
Polynesian 1 0 0 0 1
Mokilese/Pingelapese 9 0 1 1 7
Kosraean 3,116 1,049 618 508 941
Other Pacific 12 5 5 0 2
Asian languages 16 10 0 0 6
Other European language 33 16 2 0 15
Source: 1994 Federated States of Micronesia Population and Housing Census