Relationship between Gender and Literacy, Plaintiffs

Sex of the plaintiff and the plaintiff’s literacy are strongly correlated. Males are significantly more likely to be literate than females are. While the number of cases for which literacy was recorded in the prewar years is small, the correlation coefficient is still significant. Conducting this analysis for the war years yields identical results.

Sex and Literacy of the Plaintiff, Prewar Years

		Plaintiff's Literacy		Total
		Illiterate	Literate
Sex of the Plaintiff	Male	5	26	31
		16.1%	83.9%
	Female	6	2	8
		75.0%	25.0%
Total		11	28	39
		28.2%	71.8%

Correlation between the Sex and the Literacy of the Plaintiff, Prewar Years

	Value	Asymp. Std. Error	Approx. T	Approx. Sig.
Spearman Correlation N	-.528	.154	-3.784	.001
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Sex and Literacy of the Plaintiff, War Years

		Plaintiff's Literacy		Total
		Illiterate	Literate
Sex of the Plaintiff	Male	43	133	176
		24.4%	75.6%
	Female	103	24	127
		81.1%	18.9%
Total		146	157	303
		48.2%	51.8%

Correlation between the Sex and the Literacy of the Plaintiff, War Years

	Value	Asymp. Std. Error	Approx. T	Approx. Sig.
Spearman Correlation N	-.560	.047	-11.715	.000
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