Groundwater arsenic and education attainment in Bangladesh

Table 3 Education attainment and school attendance in 2006 for young bangladeshis

	Males	Males	Females	Females
Age	Avg. years ed.	% in school	Avg. years educ.	% in school
15	5.96	53.2	6.70	56.2
16	6.48	45.3	7.16	45.2
17	6.96	42.0	7.40	32.2
18	6.87	29.4	7.35	23.2
19	7.51	23.3	7.49	17.7
20	7.19	22.0	7.38	12.7
21	7.91	24.3	7.39	11.7
	Boys 6–10		Girls 6–10
Age	Avg. days attended last week		Avg. days attended last week
6–10	5.26		5.32
Mean education attainment in 2006 for youths 19–21
Safe sub-districts	7.92 years
Unsafe sub-districts	7.82 years
Mean education attainment in 2006 for youths 19–21 in unsafe sub-districts
Reported to drink safely	8.25 years
Not reported to drink safely	7.18 years

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