3. 15. EMPLOYED POPULATION AGED 10 AND OVER, BY LITERACY STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND STATUS IN EMPLOYMENT: THE 1375 CENSUS (1000 persons)

Literacy status and level of education	Grand total	Private sector
		Total	Employer	Self- employed	Wage and salary earner	Unpaid family worker
Total ...............................	14572	9794	528	5199	3270	797
Literate .............................	11448	6963	420	3429	2512	602
Primary ................................	3733	2946	153	1490	991	312
Lower secondary ..................	2658	1814	82	802	767	164
Upper secondary ..................	2627	1161	109	580	430	42
Pre-university .......................	1	//	//	//	//	//
Higher education....................	1403	219	38	69	111	2
Theology and religious sciences................................	30	15	1	9	6	//
Literacy courses ...................	617	487	16	255	137	78
Nonformal ............................	322	290	18	209	61	2
Not specified and not stated ...	58	29	2	16	10	2
Illiterate .............................	3124	2831	108	1770	759	195

Literacy status and level of education	Public sector wage and salary earner	Cooperative sector wage and salary earner	Not stated
Total ...................................	4258	57	463
Literate ....................................	4058	49	378
Primary .......................................	661	15	112
Lower secondary .........................	731	11	102
Upper secondary .........................	1362	14	90
Pre-university ..............................	1	//	//
Higher education...........................	1131	5	47
Theology and religious sciences.....	13	//	1
Literacy courses ..........................	111	3	16
Nonformal ...................................	24	1	7
Not specified and not stated ..........	24	//	4
Illiterate ....................................	200	8	84

Source: Statistical Centre of Iran.