Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996

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The Adult Literacy Survey, carried out in Great Britain in 1996, was part of an international programme of surveys known as the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The aim was to profile the literacy skills of adults aged 16-65 using an internationally agreed measure. The objectives were to provide data for international comparison; to provide a profile of adult literacy in Great Britain; to provide a self-assessment of literacy skills by respondents; to collect background information to examine the link between literacy and socio-economic factors such as education, employment and income.

Main Topics:

Distribution of literacy by socio-demographic characteristics; literacy skills and work; occupational demand for literacy; literacy in everyday life; literacy practices and literacy skills; self-assessment of literacy skills for work and everyday life; adult education and training. Standard Measures Three measures of literacy (prose, document and quantitative) were calculated using Item Response Theory (IRT) by Educational Testing Services (ETS) of Princeton, New Jersey.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

The sampling frame was the Postcode Address File (PAF). Postcode sectors are the primary sampling u

Face-to-face interview

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Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3791-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=c4f8be5ea8a971ac094d044a2915eb4d4b7f0f3a5da07ba9d6f9d27e7e696517
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Creator Office for National Statistics, Social Survey Division
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 1998
Funding Reference Department for Education and Employment; Department of Social Security, Benefits Agency; Office for National Statistics, Socio-Economic Statistics and Analysis Group; Scottish Office; Department for Education and Employment, Basic Skills Agency; Department of Trade and Industry
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Language English
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Economics; History; Humanities; Mathematics; Natural Sciences; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage Great Britain