Bahraini			Non-Bahraini			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Illiterate/ Read only	7,183	467	7,650	11,188	1,799	12,987	18,371	2,266	20,637
Read & Write	8,315	280	8,595	27,441	5,415	32,856	35,756	5,695	41,451
Primary	9,875	415	10,290	19,485	1,989	21,474	29,360	2,404	31,764
Preparatory	8,541	563	9,104	13,076	1,919	14,995	21,617	2,482	24,099
Above Preparatory	1,408	114	1,522	4,677	672	5,349	6,085	786	6,871
Secondary	19,129	5,361	24,490	20,646	4,218	24,864	39,775	9,579	49,354
Above Secondary / Diploma	3,252	2,186	5,438	4,784	2,160	6,944	8,036	4,346	12,382
BSC or BA.	4,403	2,945	7,348	7,936	2,558	10,494	12,339	5,503	17,842
High Diploma	1,097	641	1,738	1,714	434	2,148	2,811	1,075	3,886
Master’s	593	157	750	1,206	235	1,441	1,799	392	2,191
Doctorate	218	50	268	350	54	404	568	104	672
Unknown	69	6	75	568	278	846	637	284	921
Total	64,083	13,185	77,268	113,071	21,731	134,802	177,154	34,916	212,070

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

census year	reference period	implementing institution	implementation method		population covered
1981	November 16	Ministry of Finance Statistics Department	field interviews	de jure, de facto	all individuals (nationals and non-nationals): 1- present within the country’s borders during time of reference; 2- residing in Bahrain irrespective of where are they at census times
1991	April 6	Central Informatics Organisation (CIO)	field interviews
2001	April 7		field interviews; characteristics of population in collective households (among which labour camps) was obtained from sponsors
2010	April 27		based on administrative records

Nationality of the person is defined by the passport used to enter the country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).
Period of reference for employment refers to the 7-days period prior to the survey.
Population of reference in table: all employed individuals (nationals and non-nationals) aged 15 and above
Overall definitions for the Censuses of 1991 are not available on the CIO website. However, the 2001 censuses used the following definitions:

Employed population includes population in the following categories:
Employer is defined as a person who operates his / her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession for trade and hires one or more employees.
Self-Employed is defined as a person who operates his / her own economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade and hires nobody.
Paid Employee is defined as a person who works for a public or private organization and receives regular wages/salary whether in cash or in kind.
Unpaid Employee is defined as a person works for an enterprise, usually owned by some of his relatives, without receiving regulat wages/salary whether in cash or in kind.

Primary education comprises a total of six grades (1-6) and is generally the beginning of systematic apprenticeship of reading, writing mathematics and other subjects.
Preparatory education comprises a total of three grades (7-9).
Secondary education comprises of the last three grades of the schooling system (10-12) prior to graduation.
Classification of educational levels are encoded in line with the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as noted by the CIO.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs.

3. Data availability

Figures and results reported here are available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website. For Arabic version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/default.aspx). For the English version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/Default.aspx)
The CIO often provides its figures and estimates through tables in PDF format.
Figures of this 1991′ census table can be found in the Statistical Abstract 2000, Labor Force section: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/SubDetailed.aspx?subcatid=172)
General information on the classifications used under the CIO can be found: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_eng/SubDetailed.aspx?subcatid=278)
Information on the ISCED educational calassification under the UNESCO can be found: (http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/international-standard-classification-of-education.aspx)

Date of access: July 2014

 

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