Yes, the speaker did state the statistic in a slightly unusual way. From the surrounding discussion we understood it to mean that for every 100 literate men, there are only 12 literate women.
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Literacy in Paraguay
Yes, the speaker did state the statistic in a slightly unusual way. From the surrounding discussion we understood it to mean that for every 100 literate men, there are only 12 literate women.