New methods for comparing literacy across populations: Insights from the measurement of poverty

New methods for comparing literacy across populations: Insights from the measurement of poverty

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Article ID: iaor20031439
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 165
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 481
End Page Number: 493
Publication Date: Jul 2002
Journal: JRSS(A)
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Keywords: measurement, social
Abstract:

This paper analyses levels of low literacy across 12 countries by using the International Adult Literacy Survey. We go beyond existing work that only looks at the proportions below certain critical levels of literacy. Using methods developed for the measurement of poverty we calculate measures of literacy that are sensitive to the distribution of literacy within those defined as illiterate. This reveals a different pattern of the extent of literacy problems across countries and within some populations. These measures should be useful to policy makers who need to allocate resources to alleviate low literacy and numeracy.

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