CEDAW/C/1997/3/Add.3 English Page 15 2. Comments on States' reports to the sixteenth session of CEDAW Canada Table 6. Gross enrolment ratio at primary level (percentage) Total M F 1980 1992 1980 1992 1980 1992 105 105 106 106 105 104 Table 7. Gross enrolment ratio at secondary level (percentage) Total M F 1980 1992 1980 1992 1980 1992 91 104 90 104 92 103 Table 8. Third-level education: percentage of girls in each branch of study, 1992 All branches Education Letters Law and social sciences 54 76 61 59 Exact and natural sciences Engineering Agriculture Medical sciences 20 74 24. Canada's report states that, while most Canadian women can read, some, especially those in older age groups and women born outside Canada, are the most likely to have literacy problems. But this is also true for Canadian men in the same categories. While the level of educational attainment increased during the 1980s, women are still somewhat less likely than men to be university graduates. By 1989, 10 per cent of women aged 15 and over had earned a degree, up from 7 per cent in 1981. In spite of this increase, women degree-holders accounted for 14 per cent of adult men in 1989, compared with 11 per cent in 1981. The difference is greater in certain disciplines. For example, women are more likely to enrol in education, humanities and social sciences and less likely to enrol in fields relating to science and technology. /...