International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)

Literacy proficiency level of person, number

Literacy proficiency level refers to the extent to which a person has the skills required to understand, evaluate, use and engage with written texts to participate in society, to achieve his or her goals, and to develop his or her knowledge and potential.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

  • Decimal number
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