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. 2020 Mar 9;7:83. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0421-y

Table 9.

Errors in the projection of educational attainment.

Year Region Indicator Illiterate Primary Junior Senior College+
2015 National APE (%) 0.9 0.2 0.0 1.5 2.3
PE (%) −0.9 0.2 0.0 1.5 −2.3
Provincial Mean APE (%) 1.0 0.3 0.1 1.9 2.5
Mean PE (%) −0.9 0.2 0.0 1.8 2.5
2016 National APE (%) 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.7 3.3
PE (%) 0.5 1.0 0.3 1.7 −3.3
Provincial Mean APE (%) 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.5 4.2
Mean PE (%) −0.1 0.3 −0.4 1.3 −4.2
2017 National APE (%) 0.1 1.4 1.0 3.1 2.2
PE (%) −0.1 1.4 1.0 3.1 −2.2
Provincial Mean APE (%) 1.2 0.4 0.1 2.4 3.4
Mean PE (%) −1.2 0.4 0.0 2.3 −3.4

Here we represent the errors in five categories of educational attainment: illiterate, primary school, junior high school, senior high school, and college and above.