This study determined the magnitude of disparity between men and women in China in relation to illiteracy and occupational status. Region and ethnicity are used as control variables. The data collected are from a 10 percent sampling of the 1982 census; the total sample size includes a population of 100,380,000 nationwide. The census questionnaire distinguishes six educational levels--from illiterate to college graduate--that are analyzed in this study. Seven types of occupations are distinguished; "workers engaged in farming, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery" account for 72 percent of the working population. The 55 identified minorities and the majority Han are recorded as nationality groups. Illiteracy is generally more widespread among women than among men, but this relationship varies according to region and ethnicity. Illiteracy is related to occupational status, but women are rarely found among cadres (heads of government agencies, party committees, people's organizations, enterprises, and institutions), even in regions or ethnic groups where the level of illiteracy among women is very low. The effect of region and ethnicity on illiteracy and on the occupational status of men and women could be determined more precisely by an examination of data at the intra-provincial level. Tables of findings comprise nearly one-half of the report. (CJH)