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Table 34.
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS—NON-CHINESE RACES.
PERCENTAGES.
Eurasiana.
Local Portuguese.
Indians.
Japanese.
Others.
Totals.
Grand Totals
British Races.
Other European Races & U.S.A.
!
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
I. Ability to read and write Mother Tongue.
All Persons
Aged
5 & over
11
**
16
21
M
II. Ability to speak English.
All Persons
Aged
5 & over
11
71
16
22
21
}
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
97-62
97-33
94.35
90-60
85.06
86.79
86-75
85.77
79.88
62-17
77.85
61.60
83.29
74.64
88.18
95.47
87.02
99.89
99-65
97.55
94.50
89-92
89-49
92-27
91.50
80-70
85-93
81.89
61.24
84.89
77.13
90.72
89.82
89.98
99.96
99.81 ! 97.76
95.16
91-87
90-32
94.24
92.71
80-71
07.27
83-88
60.95
85.80
78-57
91-19
89-50
90-50.
99.96
99.80
!
97.76
95-14
92-05
90-68
95.03
94.59
80-71 :
66-30
83.90
61-42
85.00
78.61
91.38
90-14
90-89
99-78
09-78 !
91-94
88-60
91-46
89.12
94.73
82-23
54-84
29-06
53.88
26.72
85.50
51.89
81.80
77.76
79.79
99.93
99.83
92.94. 89.95
97.18
92.54
99.01
84.84
55-26
29-66
60.26
29.82
89.56
54.27
82.58
79.61
81.85
99.96
99.86
92-68
90-32
98.98 :
91.70
99.25
83.17
54-44
27.50
62.23
30-05
89.59
53.17
82-13
79-18:
80.93
99.96
09-85: 92-49
89.93
98-68
90-06
99-21
80-67
53.96
22-7-1
63.79
30.71
99.28
47-76
81.89 !
78.63
80-50
III. Ability to read and write English.
All Persons
Aged
5 & over
11
16
21
25
11
97-62
97-33
90.05
83.19
85-37
84.46
12.70
78.16
36.18
25.81
51.03
20.22
80.84
51.02
74.50
74-12
74-81
99.89
99.65
92.65
86-03
96.77
90.51
08-38
82-31
36.05
26.45
57-651 22.81
84.89
58.58
76.62
77-42
76.96
99.96
99.81
92.38
86-31
98.98
89-40
98-72
80.49
34.71
28.86
60-30
22.75
84-23
52.38
75.93
76-92
76-38
99.96
99-80
92.17
85.79
98.68
88.20 98.56
78-53
33.36
18-86
62.15
22.47
82.69
47.26
75-32
76-34
75-78
(1) Chinese race.
(i) Ability to read and write Chinese.
A diagram was prepared showing the percentages of male persons of Chinese race who are able to read and write their native language at each individual year of age. The diagram is not published, as it gave very little more information than can be obtained from the group percentage tables. Chinese is a difficult language to learn to read and write, even for a Chinese, with the result that below the age of 10, the percentage of those qualified is under 60%. Compare this with English under the British races where, even among children only 7 years of age, the percentage is over 90%. This seems to indicate that the attainment of English by British children aged 7 years, is much higher than the attainment of Chinese by Chinese children aged 10 years. The percentage of Chinese able to read and write rises rapidly, however: at 11 it is 78.71; at 12 it is 78.07 and it reaches its maxinium of 84.94% at the age of 19. Between the ages of 15 and 24 the proportion able to read and write is in each year, 83% or over. This level is fairly well maintained throughout life as between the ages of 12 and 74 no single year of age shows a lower percentage than 75%.
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