Bahrainis										non-Bahrainis
	Never Married		Married		Divorced		Widowed		Total		Never Married		Married		Divorced		Widowed		Total
	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females
Illiterate/ Read only	810	1,338	4,895	8,925	194	669	360	7,061	6,259	17,993	14,596	6,663	3,892	4,169	13	22	7	98	18,508	10,952
Read & Write	4,321	3,296	13,851	14,638	516	1069	266	2921	18,954	21,924	96,044	31,041	38,672	24,343	86	119	53	171	134,855	55,674
Primary	10,750	7,155	13,053	7,401	495	678	95	628	24,393	15,862	57,158	6,584	21,741	5,612	47	31	50	45	78,996	12,272
Preparatory	23,598	19,357	19,516	14,810	706	1039	83	517	43,903	35,723	50,346	12,977	18,058	10,229	58	52	19	57	68,481	23,315
Secondary	32,144	26,199	39,477	38,844	1293	2536	172	754	73,086	68,333	44,178	8784	26,179	11,414	79	72	54	59	70,490	20,329
Above Secondary/Diploma	3,219	3,357	10,136	10,997	330	622	39	197	13,724	15,173	23,823	6,704	15,760	9,250	44	63	31	29	39,658	16,046
BSC or BA.	2,910	3,377	8,400	11,578	268	541	29	182	11,607	15,678	12,249	2894	12,428	6,776	37	56	25	22	24,739	9,748
High Diploma	64	161	857	766	29	50	5	38	955	1,015	3,243	840	3,946	1,885	10	26	7	10	7,206	2,761
Masters	85	183	1,167	655	46	58	6	18	1,304	914	928	222	2,276	766	11	11	2	3	3,217	1,002
Doctorate	10	29	391	81	18	17	2	2	421	129	242	58	670	194	2	3	1	2	915	257
Unknown	1	3	32	49	2	4	2	22	37	78	8	37	5	32	0	0	0	0	13	69
Total	77,912	64,455	111,775	108,744	3,897	7,283	1,059	12,340	194,643	192,822	302,815	76,804	143,627	74,670	387	455	249	496	447,078	152,425

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Reference period for Census 2010 was April 27th, 2010 .
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within Bahrain’s borders during time of reference, be they permanent or temporary residents.
Nationality is the person’s passport country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).

Illiterate refers to a person who cannot read or write a brief, simple sentence about his/her daily life in any language.
Read Only refers to a person who can read only but cannot write, such as those persons who have learned to read the Quran.
Read and Write refers to a person who is 10 years or older and passed one of the classes within primary education, but has not obtained any certificate of any formal education. This is a person who has can write and read simple sentences about his/her daily life in any language. This includes a blind person who can read and write using Braille.
Primary education accepts children who are six years old and above, and comprises of six grades (1-6 grade). It also includes adults who are enrolled in literacy classes.
Preparatory education accepts students who have completed and passed primary education, and comprises of three grades (7-9 grades). It also includes adults who are enrolled in advanced fellow-up education.
Secondary education accepts students who have completed and passed primary education, and comprises of three grades (10-12 grades). It also includes adults who are enrolled in advanced strengthening classes.
Above Secondary/Diploma education accepts students who have completed and passed secondary education, and comprises of one or two additional years. The student obtains a post-Secondary diploma that is officially certified.
B.Sc. or B.A. education accepts students who have completed and passed secondary or above secondary/diploma education.
High Diploma education accepts students who have completed and passed Bachelor’s degree, and could be one or two years. The student obtains an officially certified diploma.
Master’s education accepts students who have completed a Bachelor’s or high diploma degrees, and could comprise of one or more years. The student obtains upon graduation a Master’s degree.
Doctorate education accepts students who have obtained a Bachelor’s degree with experience, or Master’s degree or High Diploma, and comprises of two or more years. The student obtains a doctorate upon completion.

Marital Status refers to the personal status of a person 12 years or older with regard to marriage/divorce laws and customs of Bahrain.
Never married refers to a person who has never been in marital life until the date of the census.
Married refers to a person who is legally married with respect to marriage laws and customs at the time of the Census. This includes the person who is in his/her first marriage, even if marriage life has not begun yet, and those who are temporarily separated.
Divorced refers to an ever married person but not currently married, whose marriage was dissolved by divorce.
Widowed refers to an ever married person but not currently married, whose marriage has been dissolved by the death of the spouse, with the condition that he/she is not currently in a legal marriage, at the time of the Census.

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

This data is available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website. For the Arabic version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/default.aspx). For the English version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/Default.aspx)
For 2010 census data on Bahraini male: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Marital/5_5.pdf)
For 2010 census data on Non-Bahraini male: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Marital/5_8.pdf)
The definitions for the 2010′ census can be found in Arabic: (http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results.php)

Data of access: June 2014

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