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Way of Life |
Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Voodoo is also mixed in in some areas. |
The Family | Population growth rate: | 1.62% (1999 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 25.97 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
| Death rate: | 5.66 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | |
| at birth: | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| under 15 years: | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years: | 1.03 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over: | 0.9 male(s)/female |
| total population: | 1.03 male(s)/female (1999 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | 42.52 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | |
| total population: | 70.07 years |
| male: | 67.86 years |
| female: | 72.4 years (1999 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 3.03 children born per woman (1999 est.) |
| It is sometimes acceptable for men to have more than one family. | |
Jobs / Economy | Population below poverty line: 20.6% (1992 est.) | |
| Household income or consumption by persentage share: | |
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lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 39.6% (1989) |
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| Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (1998 est.) | |
| Labor force: 2.3 million to 2.6 million | |
| Labor force - by occupation: | |
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agriculture: 50% services and government: 32% industry: 18% (1991 est.) |
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| Unemployment rate: 16% (1997 est.) | |
| Information courtesy of www.cia.gov | |
Education |
The Dominican Republic provides free, compulsory education to children between the ages of 7 and 14.
About 83% of the population aged 15 or older is literate. In the late 1980s approximately 1.3 million students attended
primary schools each year. Secondary schools had about 451,700 students, including students attending vocational
schools and institutions for teacher training. The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, founded in 1538, is the oldest in the western hemisphere. Other universities include Pedro Henr�quez Ure�a National University (1966) in Santo Domingo, and institutions in Santiago, San Pedro de Macor�s, and San Francisco de Macor�s. The yearly enrollment in schools of higher education exceeded 80,000 in the late 1980s. |
Popular Foods
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The traditional Dominican dishes are "sancocho", pork roasted on a spit, "pastel en hoja", "moro" rice and bean combination-cassava, "longaniza", stewed goat, and fish with coconut milk. |
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