!&' CHAPTER THREE TABLE 3-18. DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS BY OCCUPATION (NBS 1981) Percentage of Nepal's Total Sample N Estimated Population Occupation Agriculture Household work Service Student Porter Business Other work Child under ten years, unemployed, old age Subtotal Missing occupation 12,657 8,891 528 2,968 446 255 465 13,639 39,849 38 4,599,991 3,197,220 216,216 1,079,953 163,213 105,256 174,257 4,623,309 14,159,415 13,667 32.5% 22.6 1.5 7.6 1.2 0.7 1.2 32.7 100.0 Total 39,887 14,173,982 100.0 Source: TB3018.2 AN.4 10.1 percent are presently studying, with only 6.7 percent reporting having completed some education. An estimated 1.2 percent reported the completion of more than ten years of education. TABLE 3-14. DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS BY LITERACY (NBS 1981) Percentage of Nepal's Total Sample N Estimated Population Literacy Literate Not literate Subtotal Missing literacy 8,009 31,863 39,872 15 2,964,795 11,202,726 14,167,519 5,563 20.9% 79.1 100.0 Total 39,887 14,173,082 100.0 Source: TB3018.2 The population of Nepal is noted for its great mobility despite the geographic barriers to travel in the country. Given the relation- ships expected between geography and various blinding eye dis- eases, it was essential to investigate the nature of migration of the population. Household respondents were questioned about the migration of the head of the household, and the distribution of all persons by migration status of the head of the household in which
