Education of Children.—School Attendance, 1901., TABLE XIII.—Showing the Proportion of Children receiving Secular Instruction at various Ages between 3 and 15 Years respectively.
Ages. All Ages 3 to 15. Receiving Instruction. Residue.
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
All ages 3 to 15 56.82 41.41 44.95 43.18 58.59 55.05
3 years and under 4 100.00 100.00 100.00 2.20 1.80 2.61 97.80 98.20 97.39
4 - 5 8.81 8.38 9.27 91.19 91.62 90.73
5 - 6 32.81 34.53 31.06 67.19 65.47 68.94
6 - 7 59.57 60.85 58.21 40.43 39.15 41.79
7 - 8 83.94 84.06 83.83 16.06 15.94 16.17
8 - 9 91.94 92.54 91.30 8.06 7.46 8.70
9 - 10 93.02 93.30 93.04 6.98 7.00 6.96
10 - 11 93.30 93.28 93.33 6.70 6.72 6.67
11 - 12 92.68 92.93 92.43 7.32 7.07 7.57
12 - 13 88.90 87.02 90.82 11.10 12.98 9.18
13 - 14 69.61 65.36 73.78 30.39 34.64 26.22
14 - 15 42.88 38.08 47.87 57.12 61.92 52.13
5 - 15 100.00 100.00 100.00 75.10 74.48 75.75 24.90 25.52 24.25
6 - 15 79.76 78.83 80.70 20.24 21.17 19.30
7 - 14 87.75 87.10 88.40 12.25 12.90 11.60
7 - 13 90.65 90.50 90.78 9.35 9.50 9.22