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Table 04 (Gen.)
Socio-Economic Conditions (Province) ( 2003 - 2004)  (1/2)
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                                      Province                            Item  Western Central Southern Northern (a) Eastern North Western North Central Uva Sabaragamuwa All Island
Population Distribution by Sex and Age Groups  (%)
Male 46.7 48.5 47.2 45.7 46.4 48.2 48.8 48.3 48.6 47.6
Female 53.3 51.5 52.8 54.3 53.6 51.8 51.2 51.7 51.4 52.4
0-13 years 21.9 23.6 24.8 26.1 31.9 22.9 24.3 26.7 23.1 24.2
14-18 Years 8.4 10.2 11.0 10.4 11.0 9.8 10.5 12.6 10.1 10.0
19-25 Years 11.9 12.4 11.3 13.4 12.0 12.2 12.2 10.7 12.6 12.0
26-35 Years 15.0 13.2 12.0 11.9 13.5 14.1 14.1 12.0 13.1 13.6
36-45 Years 14.6 13.9 13.6 10.1 12.6 13.7 14.5 15.0 13.6 13.9
46-55 Years 12.4 13.2 12.0 12.1 9.9 13.7 12.6 11.7 13.4 12.5
>55 Years 15.8 13.4 15.2 16.1 9.3 13.6 10.8 11.2 14.0 13.8
Literacy Rate ( >5 Years old)  (%)
Male 97.5 92.7 94.3 93.5 90.0 95.3 94.5 91.4 94.3 94.5
Female 95.4 86.1 91.4 91.8 83.5 91.8 90.8 85.5 88.9 90.6
Educational Attainment (%)
No schooling 3.9 11.1 7.7 7.6 13.8 6.7 7.6 11.9 9.0 7.9
Primary 23.6 31.6 31.6 32.1 37.9 30.4 30.7 35.6 30.6 29.9
Secondary 45.5 39.6 38.3 31.8 31.3 42.4 44.4 38.7 43.1 41.0
Tertiary 27.0 17.7 22.4 28.5 17.0 20.6 17.3 13.8 17.2 21.2
Labour Force
Male 67.2 65.3 62.2 51.9 59.2 67.9 68.2 64.0 68.1 65.3
Female 30.0 30.8 33.2 17.5 18.2 26.5 28.8 33.4 35.7 29.5
Employment by Industrial Sector  (%) 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing  9.3 43.8 39.8 25.9 36.1 28.5 50.9 63.7 44.9 32.8
Mining and Quarrying  0.6 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.4 6.1 1.2
Manufacturing  26.9 12.1 16.8 8.5 11.3 21.4 8.8 6.1 12.5 17.3
Construction 7.5 6.1 6.1 7.8 4.2 10.3 5.2 2.4 8.6 6.9
Electricity, Gas and Water  0.9 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.5
Wholesale and Retail Trade 20.6 14.1 14.0 19.3 20.1 15.8 11.6 9.9 12.0 15.9
Transport, Storage and Communication 11.0 5.8 5.4 6.0 6.9 6.9 4.9 4.0 4.2 7.0
Other Services 23.2 17.3 16.6 31.2 20.2 16.3 17.1 13.3 11.5 18.3
Unemployment  (% of Labour Force)
Male 6.6 6.9 8.2 3.1 3.9 5.4 6.5 5.5 5.7 6.3
Female 12.0 18.4 17.4 12.5 21.1 14.1 13.3 12.7 9.5 14.2
By Age Groups  
14-18 Years 12.5 18.2 14.7      - 11.5 16.1 15.6 22.7 10.1 14.6
19-25 Years 60.5 59.4 56.7 51.9 67.7 60.9 62.4 56.4 65.2 60.2
26-35 Years 18.6 15.0 18.3 48.1 18.8 19.3 14.7 16.4 16.5 17.9
36-45 Years 5.0 5.9 7.4      - 1.0 2.6 6.4 1.8 6.3 5.0
46-55 Years 2.8 1.0 2.2      -      - 0.5 0.9 1.8 1.3 1.7
>55 Years 0.6 0.3 0.6      - 1.0 0.5      - 0.9 0.6 0.6
Housing Conditions (% of Households)
Availability of Electricity 92.4 72.7 78.4 63.6 65.6 68.5 62.0 56.7 64.7 74.9
Wattle and Daub Walls 5.9 12.6 5.9 9.4 14.8 12.9 19.8 18.0 18.6 12.5
Brick Walls 79.5 68.5 79.2 81.1 76.9 81.4 79.2 73.7 67.8 76.5
Clay Floors  2.4 22.3 13.1 15.6 13.2 13.5 30.0 33.6 18.6 14.5
Cement/Terrazzo/Tiles Floor 94.0 75.5 81.9 82.2 80.9 82.7 66.2 64.5 78.0 81.8
Thatched roof 2.4 1.8 4.6 2.2 5.4 3.1 3.1 1.8 3.0 3.0
Tiles/Asbestos Roof 86.1 59.3 91.2 75.8 76.5 78.0 76.0 71.0 77.7 78.7
Water Supply & Sanition  (% of Households)
Pipe Borne Water 57.2 51.2 40.4 11.4 19.6 17.6 16.4 37.3 36.6 38.9
Separate Toilets 92.8 87.5 94.3 80.8 68.1 92.0 91.4 92.3 94.0 90.1
Common Toilets 6.2 7.5 2.3 4.7 2.7 3.4 1.3 3.1 3.2 4.4
Without Toilets 1.0 5.0 3.4 14.4 29.2 4.6 7.3 4.6 2.7 5.6
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) Revised:  2010(y)/06(m)/30(d)
Source; Chief Editor:
Central Bank fo Sri Lanka    Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
key;      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Excluding Kilinochchi,Mullativu and Mannar districts      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka