China: the 1990 census and education

In: Asian thought & society: an international review, Band 16, Heft 46, S. 59-63

Abstract

In July 1990, the PRC carried out its fourth census, and in October 1990, the State Statistics Bureau released the first of a series of communiques reporting the findings of the census. The article examines data of the census on education and notes that the educational levels of the population as a whole have generally been raised, the number of illiterates and semi-illiterates has been reduced, and the per capita number of years set for education has been increased. (DÜI-Sen)