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To permit even a general study of the statistics furnished by the inquiry, it is advisable to take account only of the data offered by one determined group which had the smallest number of replies viz., 1 7,281 . This figure may in general be considered to correspond with the actual number of students who replied with the minimum number of variations, which in respect of the other group of questions, may be considered as about one tenth of the replies obtained through the duplication.
Sex :
Boys 12,140 equivalent to 70.26%
Girls 5,141 « « 29.74 «
divided as follows according to the importance of the urban or rural centres where the questionnaires were distributed :
Major Centres : Minor Centres :
Boys 9415 equivalent to 71.99% Boys .... 2725 or 64.84%
Girls 3663 « « 28.01 » Girls ... 1478 » 35.16 »
Major Centres : Minor Centres :
Boys Girls Boys Girls
10-12 years 2475 2673 1731 1064
13-16 « 2836 684 901 385
17 upwards 4104 442 93 29
Resultingly, we have, grouping together age and sex without taking account of major or minor centres :
10-12 years Boys 4206 = 34.65% Boys Girls . . . 3737= 70.75% Girls
13-16 » » 3737 = 30.78 » » » . . . 1033 = 20.09 » »
17 upwards » 4197 = 34.57 » » » . . . 471 = 9.16 » »
The very high percentage of adolescents and youths of from 13 upwards — 65.35 % — in comparison with the children under 12 is worthy of notice. In the case of the girls, however, the proportion is completely reversed, for in this case the total of adolescent girls comes only to 29.25 %.
Well Worthy of notice, in any case is the fact that 9438 of the young people interrogated out of a total of 1 7,281 , that is 54.62 %, were of an an age allowing them to reply with greater exactness and sureness to the queries in the questionnaire.
In the matter of the occupations of the children's parents which was not always indicated by the scholars, keeping as basis of the examination the figures resulting from the fifth group of questions we have the following :
Boys Girls Total Percentage
Workmen . 3193 1379 4572 26.85
Agriculturists 1970 793 2763 16.22
Private Means . ' 868 260 1128 6.62
Employees 2894 1161 4055 23.81
Professional Men 1125 408 1533 9.00
Shop-keepers , . 2031 950 2981 17.50