Table 16. Sex and Edu. qualifications, Sex and Attend school 1999, Sex and Read and write by Province, Solomon Islands: 1999
Characteristics	Total	Choiseul	Western	Isabel	Central	Rennell-Bellona	Guadalcanal	Malaita	Makira-Ulawa	Temotu	Honiara
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
None	818	15	69	42	17	10	77	90	23	9	466
Diploma	2,102	44	272	69	81	11	233	234	75	37	1,046
Certificate	5,106	178	755	245	225	38	488	819	314	126	1,918
Degree	1,330	27	111	50	18	3	125	89	38	15	854
Masters	303	4	31	11	2	1	31	18	8	0	197
PhD	72	0	5	2	0	0	9	6	5	2	43
Other	103	0	20	1	0	2	7	4	4	1	64
Not reported	2,787	52	404	81	43	23	500	1,212	271	57	144
Not Applicable	396,350	19,684	61,072	19,908	21,191	2,289	58,776	120,137	30,261	18,657	44,375
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
None	467	6	47	25	8	4	39	59	15	4	260
Diploma	1,633	38	216	60	72	9	178	185	65	31	779
Certificate	3,389	121	539	162	169	32	324	560	229	96	1,157
Degree	1,074	25	93	32	14	3	102	78	27	12	688
Masters	242	2	26	8	2	0	25	14	6	0	159
PhD	56	0	5	2	0	0	6	5	3	1	34
Other	78	0	17	1	0	1	5	4	4	0	46
Not reported	1,488	30	240	46	22	13	266	599	156	26	90
Not Applicable	202,920	10,013	32,007	10,080	10,906	1,168	30,466	59,700	15,434	8,972	24,174
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
None	351	9	22	17	9	6	38	31	8	5	206
Diploma	469	6	56	9	9	2	55	49	10	6	267
Certificate	1,717	57	216	83	56	6	164	259	85	30	761
Degree	256	2	18	18	4	0	23	11	11	3	166
Masters	61	2	5	3	0	1	6	4	2	0	38
PhD	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	9
Other	25	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	18
Not reported	1,299	22	164	35	21	10	234	613	115	31	54
Not Applicable	193,430	9,671	29,065	9,828	10,285	1,121	28,310	60,437	14,827	9,685	20,201
Attend school 1999
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Yes	91,547	4,947	15,418	5,306	4,857	642	9,700	25,043	8,126	4,681	12,827
No	261,942	12,272	38,890	12,309	14,057	1,401	41,777	79,614	18,550	12,012	31,060
Not reported	4,177	99	706	169	88	25	883	1,710	306	73	118
Not Applicable	51,305	2,686	7,725	2,625	2,575	309	7,886	16,242	4,017	2,138	5,102
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Yes	49,886	2,590	8,093	2,852	2,677	358	5,313	13,903	4,399	2,521	7,180
No	132,693	6,200	20,654	6,132	7,113	704	21,551	38,018	9,299	5,484	17,538
Not reported	2,164	51	410	88	42	9	449	841	173	31	70
Not Applicable	26,604	1,394	4,033	1,344	1,361	159	4,098	8,442	2,068	1,106	2,599
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Yes	41,661	2,357	7,325	2,454	2,180	284	4,387	11,140	3,727	2,160	5,647
No	129,249	6,072	18,236	6,177	6,944	697	20,226	41,596	9,251	6,528	13,522
Not reported	2,013	48	296	81	46	16	434	869	133	42	48
Not Applicable	24,701	1,292	3,692	1,281	1,214	150	3,788	7,800	1,949	1,032	2,503
Read and write
Total	408,971	20,004	62,739	20,409	21,577	2,377	60,246	122,609	30,999	18,904	49,107
Yes	222,677	12,274	42,084	10,962	10,692	1,468	30,504	52,557	17,731	8,306	36,099
No	130,955	4,966	12,296	6,752	8,237	578	20,959	52,038	8,938	8,374	7,817
Not reported	4,152	94	631	139	93	20	890	1,776	306	80	123
Not Applicable	51,187	2,670	7,728	2,556	2,555	311	7,893	16,238	4,024	2,144	5,068
Male
Total	211,347	10,235	33,190	10,416	11,193	1,230	31,411	61,204	15,939	9,142	27,387
Yes	123,328	6,253	22,464	6,006	6,190	798	17,086	29,315	9,497	4,603	21,116
No	59,382	2,549	6,328	3,023	3,612	262	9,775	22,616	4,196	3,398	3,623
Not reported	2,105	52	364	76	41	11	448	834	172	34	73
Not Applicable	26,532	1,381	4,034	1,311	1,350	159	4,102	8,439	2,074	1,107	2,575
Female
Total	197,624	9,769	29,549	9,993	10,384	1,147	28,835	61,405	15,060	9,762	21,720
Yes	99,349	6,021	19,620	4,956	4,502	670	13,418	23,242	8,234	3,703	14,983
No	71,573	2,417	5,968	3,729	4,625	316	11,184	29,422	4,742	4,976	4,194
Not reported	2,047	42	267	63	52	9	442	942	134	46	50
Not Applicable	24,655	1,289	3,694	1,245	1,205	152	3,791	7,799	1,950	1,037	2,493
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census