DEFINITION
This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
DEFINITION: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
I agree, when we see more girls being educated at the same level as males, women will perform at a higher level, in most areas, than males. Why? I think women are much better communicators. Think about it. From the beginning of time men have been the hunters and gatherers whereas the women stayed together at their home communicating and bonding with each other because they never knew if their mate would be killed by an animal they were hunting. They needed to have a good relationship so the males that returned from the hunt would care for the mate of the male that was killed.
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