D. LITERACY The Trust Territory Census of 1958 included a question on literacy in English and Japanese; the results are given below (persons able to speak or read more than one language are reported under each category). Only estimates on literacy in the vernacular are available and these range to as high as 90% in certain areas such as Saipan. Linguistic ability of the population bam in the Trust Territory, by age group, for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1958 ABLE TO SPEAK Age group English! Tata! Total, 5 years of age and over . Sto 14 years .....-.--2---0-15 to 74 years .-.--. 2 eee eee 25 ta 44 years we... pee eeeeeee 45 yeors and over wi... cece eaee 56, 18, 10, 16, Lt, Number 673 039 307 328 99 Japanese Percent of total 14, 488 2, 169 5,788 4,174 2,357 Number 25.6 12.0 56.2 25.6 19.6 Percent of total 15, 406 440 1,225 9,757 3, 9Bd 27.2 2.4 Wg 59.8 33.2 ABLE TO READ Age group English! Percent Total Number Total, 5 years of age and over . 5 to 14 years .....--4e- ce eees 15 to 24 years ......0ee. aan 25 to 44 years 2... cece ee aes . 45 years and over ......... aes 56,673 18, 039 10, 307 16, 328 17, 999 14, 2, &, 3, 1, Japanese Percent of total 304 858 217 587 642 Number .2 15.8 60, 22,0 13.7 of total 11, 981 239 $47 7,865 2, 938 21,1 1.2 9.4 48,2 24,4 ' Today it is estimated that literacy in English in the 5-14 age group stands at about 30%, in the 15-24 age group between 80-85%, and about 35% in the 25-44 age group. G. SIZE OF HOUSEHOLDS Resident population of each district, classified by number and size of households, os of June 30, 1948 District Sj ize Spe seholds ersans Marianal islands ne ntti ome . Lo eee eee 50 2 ole ee eee ee eee B4 Bcc eee ee eens 140 a 130 i 148 Qo ccc ee eee es 130 Foc cece ee ees 306 Sr 144 DB cca cece cece es 119 TO and over .....-....0-. 152 ___| Total... . ee 1,403 Marshall Islands| Pal Polax p ondpe Total Truk 2 Yap households 64 168 135 223 217 156 168 199 150 437 69 58 5 143 145 135 139 138 134 458 147 246 295 318 440 304 249 237 248 368 129 218 263 271 276 306 288 284 240 989 244 265 266 215 158 138 122 96 40 62 703 1, 039 1,214 7, 300 1, 3B4 1, 169 1,272 7, 098 931 2, 466 $1,917 1,534 2,852 3,264 1,606} 12,576 ' Due to Typhoon Jean, figures were estimated from all municipalities. ? Last year's fiqures (1967). 172 Demography co cme ate Hy