DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY POPULATION 105 TABLE 3-15. DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS BY EDUCATION (NBS 1981) Percentage of Nepal's Total Sample N Estimated Population Education Never studied Studied 1-3 years Studied 4- 7 years Studied 8-10 years Studied more than 10 years Presently studying Subtotal Missing education 33,386 780 850 422 408 3,985 39,831 56 11,772,366 288,927 323,521 171,558 168,928 1,427,225 14,152,525 30,557 83.2% 2.0 2.3 1.2 1.2 10.1 100.0 0.0 100.0 Total 39,887 14,173,082 Source: TB301S.2 AN.6 they resided is shown in Table 3-16. Four-fifths (81.3%) of the population reside in households in which the heads have lived in the same panchayat all of their lives. Presumably, the persons in those households also have not migrated from another panchayat. Among the 18. 7 percent of the population living with a head of household who had moved, most (12.0% of the total) had moved more than ten years ago; few persons live in households headed by persons who have migrated within the last nine years. TABLE 3-18. DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS BY YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN PANCHAYAT (NBS 1981) Percentage of Nepal's Total Years Sample Estimated Po- pulation 101,990 305,696 538,263 1,250,615 459,968 11,516,550 Resident N Less than 1 year From 1-4 years From 5-9 years From 10-19 years More than 20 years Same panchayat since birth 284 817 1,b15 3,573 1,240 32,458 0.7% 2.2 3.8 8.8 3.2 81.3 100.0 Total 39,887 14,173,082 Source: FR9.002 AN.21 The relationship of persons to the head of household is shown in Table 3-17. More than one-sixth (17.5%) of the persons were iden- tified as heads of households, reflecting the average household size
