Females abandon school more rapidly than males from the age of 13 or 14. At 17, only 43 per cent of young people living in the rural areas and 67 per cent of those living in the urban areas are still attending school.
从13至14岁起，女性学生比男性更容易辍学，到了17岁，农村地区和城市中分别只有43%和67%的青少年还留在学校继续学习。