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Indians and Leftists 

This is an Electronic Appendix of documents to accompany my book Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements (Duke University Press, 2008).


Illiteracy Rates and Level of Education (1962)


Illiteracy

(in percentages)

Level of Education (in percentages)



None

Grades 1-3

Grades 4-6

Secondary or University


Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Urban Parroquias

Cabecera Cantonal Cayambe

38.6

44.2

23.9

25.8

6.1



69.9

18.8

69.8

28.1

17.2

28.2

11.1

35.0

1.9

8.7

Rural Parroquias

Parroquia Ascázubi

37.9

38.0

31.5

27.8

2.7



44.4

26.1

44.3

26.2

31.1

32.4

22.8

36.9

1.8

4.5


Parroquia Cangahua

78.4

78.5

11.2

9.5

0.8



87.4

41.9

87.5

41.9

8.9

20.7

3.1

35.4

0.5

2.0


Parroquia Olmedo

57.8

57.8

20.5

20.3

1.4



65.2

31.4

65.2

31.4

18.5

27.5

15.4

37.9

0.9

3.2


Parroquia Otón

78.4

78.4

13.0

7.9

0.7



86.2

50.2

86.2

50.3

10.5

21.8

3.0

25.9

0.3

2.0


Parroquia Sta. Rosa de Cusubamba

53.3

53.3

36.2

10.2

0.3



58.5

33.1

58.5

33.1

35.3

39.7

6.1

26.1

0.1

1.1

Total Canton Cayambe

54.8

54.8

21.3

20.3

3.6


66.6

18.8

66.6

28.1

18.2

28.2

13.8

35.0

1.4

8.7

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistíca y Censos (INEC)

Note: The urban percentages for the "Cabecera Cantonal Cayambe" are defined as that belonging to the city of Cayambe and the rural percentages are the area outside of the city of Cayambe but within the limits of the urban parroquias of Cayambe, Ayora, and Montalvo. The urban percentages of the rural parroquias are defined as that laying within the city limits of the parish seat.


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