Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90844 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W00/06
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
This paper analyses levels of low literacy across twelve countries 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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Working Paper

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