Table 2.
Characteristics (in 1995 census) of selected combinations in comparison with the corresponding urban stratum
| Lao nationality | Literate people | ||||
| Proportion (%) | Variance* | Proportion (%) | Variance* | ||
| Central zone | 27 villages | 89.9 | 0.00424 | 77.7 | 0.00118 |
| 9 selected villages | 89.4 | 0.00441 | 76.4 | 0.00117 | |
| First urbanised belt | 67 villages | 98.3 | 0.00050 | 79.1 | 0.00198 |
| 9 selected villages | 98.1 | 0.00040 | 77.4 | 0.00196 | |
| Second urbanised belt | 56 villages | 99.5 | 0.00012 | 73.8 | 0.00325 |
| 9 selected villages | 99.7 | 0.00001 | 70.5 | 0.00341 | |
* For 9 selected villages, variance corresponds to the mean difference (high squared) between the proportion in every 9 villages and the mean proportion calculated at the layer level.