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| Male | Female | |||
| Region | 1960 | 1982 | 1960 | 1982 |
| World | ||||
| First Level | 92.2 | 101.3 | 71.1 | 87.3 |
| Second Level | 31.3 | 53.3 | 23.1 | 42.5 |
| Africa | ||||
| First Level | 56.2 | 89.2 | 32. | 72.1 |
| Second Level | 7.3 | 29.6 | 2.9 | 19.5 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | ||||
| First Level | 75.0 | 306.2 | 71.2 | 103.3 |
| Second Level | 14.9 | 46.6 | 13. | 48.5 |
| North America | ||||
| First Level | 117.4 | 119.7 | 116.4 | 119.9 |
| Second Level | 69.4 | 85.4 | 71.4 | 86.6 |
| Asia | ||||
| First Level | 94.9 | 100.1 | 63.1 | 79.9 |
| Second Level | 29.3 | 49.3 | 16.6 | 32.9 |
| Europe and USSR | ||||
| First Level | 103.4 | 105. | 102.7 | 104.5 |
| Second Level | 46.5 | 76.2 | 44.6 | 81.3 |
| Oceania | ||||
| First Level | 102.2 | 102.9 | 100. | 98.9 |
| Second Level | 53.8 | 71.1 | 5.8 | 72.0 |
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Note: The figures are percentages of appropriate age groups receiving a giver level of education. As many older children are in primary school. percentages can be over 100. Source: WCED, based on data in UNESCO, 'A Summary Statistical Review of Education in the World. 1960-1982', Paris, July 1984. | ||||
must aim to improve the position of women in society. Such policies should essentially promote women's rights.
37. Poverty breeds high rates of population growth: Families poor in income, employment, and social security need children first to work and later to sustain elderly parents. Measures to provide an adequate livelihood for poor households, to establish
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