8.5 School attendance rate among children/adolescents aged 6–19, by urban-rural, sex and age, 2015
CHAPTER 8 EDUCATION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
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Source: National Bureau of Statistics, UNICEF China, UNFPA China, ‘Population Status of Children in China in 2015: Facts and Figures’, 2017
Figure 8.5
Data from the 2015 1% National Population Sample Survey show that, by age group, children’s school attendance rate33,34 remains high at the compulsory education stage, with no obvious urban-rural or gender differences. However, as children grew older, especially at senior secondary school age and during adolescence, their school attendance rate gradually fell, and the urban-rural disparity became prominent. The education level of girls, especially urban girls, was better than that of boys. The attendance rate for children aged 6 is relatively low because there are a small number of areas in China that allow children to enroll in primary school at age 7.