خصائص الأميين في محافظات العراق (البصرة و ذي قار و ميسان و المثنى)‎

الملخص EN

The study aims at identifying the characteristics of the illiterate population in the governorates of southern Iraq (Basra, Thi-Qar, Maysan and Muthanna), as a single study area and according to the governorates .

The field of the study focused on the social and economic characteristics of the illiterate population in the governorates of southern Iraq.

To achieve the objectives of this study, it required to consist of two sections .

The first section discusses the social characteristics of illiterate people, which are represented by the marital structure.

While the second section discussed the economic characteristics represented in the monthly income of the illiterate, as well as the conclusions and recommendations.

The study depended on the results of the field study for 2021, which included the illiterate population aged 10 years and over.

It also included some statistical methods represented by percentage distributions, as well as using tables, figures and maps to facilitate the comparison process and find out the results.

The study found a number of results, and the most significant was that illiterate people tend to marry, and married people constituted 69.8%.

Moreover, the percentage of illiterate families with incomes less than 500 reached the highest percentage, with 57.3% in the study area.