Rwanda’s population is predominantly rural, with more than four in five Rwandans living in rural areas. Fifteen percent of women and 17 percent of men live in urban areas. Overall, 68 percent of women and 69 percent of men have attended some primary school without having gone on to post-primary/vocational or secondary school. Only 21 percent of men have attended post-primary/vocational, secondary, or tertiary education and about 16 percent of women have done so. School experience in Rwanda is not universal; 16 percent of women and 10 percent of men have never attended school. Fertility data were collected by asking.
