Youth literacy rate, male
Number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the malepopulation in that age group. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.
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