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. 2018 Aug 1;12:31. doi: 10.1186/s13031-018-0167-8

Table 2.

Education levels of household members and school attendance of children

East Mosul West Mosul Total
No. % No. % No. %
Education level of household membersa
 Adult with none 97 2.0 70 2.6 167 2.2
 Under age for schoola 964 17.8 472 17.5 1339 17.7
 School agea 1383 28.4 706 26.2 2089 27.6
 Primary school 911 18.7 383 14.2 1294 17.1
 Secondary school 1020 21.0 736 27.3 1756 23.2
 Post-secondary school 589 12.1 325 12.1 914 12.1
Education of childrena
In school in up to June 2014?
 Yes 304 67.4 611 88.8 915 80.3
 No 147 32.6 77 11.2 224 19.7
Attended school after June 2014?
 Yes 3 0.5 6 2.0 9 0.1
 No 591 96.4 300 98.0 891 97.0
 Some 19 3.1 19 2.1
Reason not in school?
 School closed 4 0.7
 Family decided 593 96.7 300 99.3 893 98.0
 Taught at home 5 0.8 2 0.7 7 0.7
 Left Mosul 10 1.6 10 1.1
 Other 1 0.2 1 0.1

aschool age in Iraq is 6 years