Relationship between Gender and Literacy, Defendants

When it comes to defendants, the picture is similar – male defendants are more likely to be literate than female defendants. However, the correlation is somewhat weaker than that for the plaintiffs. The difference in literacy between male and female defendants is significant, but is not as strong as the difference between male and female plaintiffs.

Sex and Literacy of the Defendants, All Years

		Defendant's Literacy		Total
		Illiterate	Literate
Sex of the Defendant	Male	59	172	231
		25.5%	74.5%
	Female	37	25	62
		59.7%	40.3%
Total		96	197	293
		32.8%	67.2%

Correlation between the Sex and the Literacy of the Defendants, All Years

	Value	Asymp. Std. Error	Approx. T	Approx. Sig.
Spearman Correlation N	-.297	.060	-5.307	.000
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