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Title:	Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996
Keywords:	ABILITY EVALUATION ABSENTEEISM ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATIONS AGE APPOINTMENT TO JOB APPRENTICESHIP APTITUDE TESTS ARITHMETIC ARTICLES ATTITUDES BOOK READERSHIP BOOKS CARE OF DEPENDANTS CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION CHILDREN CINEMA ATTENDANCE CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE AWARDS COMPUTERS CONCERT GOING CORRESPONDENCE CULTURAL PARTICIPATION DECISION MAKING DEGREES DIAGRAMS DICTIONARIES DISABILITIES DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYEES EMPLOYER-SPONSORED TRAINING EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES ENCYCLOPAEDIAS ETHNIC GROUPS EVALUATION FATHERS FATHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND FIELDS OF STUDY PREDOMINANT LANGUAGES FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT FURTHER EDUCATION GENDER GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION HANDWRITING SKILLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS HOUSEHOLDS ILLITERACY IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INDUSTRIES INFORMATION MATERIALS INFORMATION USE INTEREST (FINANCE) INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE JOB DESCRIPTION JOB REQUIREMENTS LANGUAGE SKILLS LANGUAGES LEARNING DISABILITIES LIBRARY USERS LISTENING RADIO LISTENING LITERACY MANAGERS MARITAL STATUS MATHEMATICS MASS MEDIA USE MOTHER TONGUE MOTHERS MOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND NATIONAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION NATIONALITY NEWSPAPER READERSHIP NEWSPAPERS NUMERACY OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING OCCUPATIONS ORDINARY LEVEL EXAMINATIONS PARENTS PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT PERIODICALS PERIODICALS READERSHIP PLACE OF BIRTH PRIMARY DOCUMENTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC LIBRARIES QUALIFICATIONS READING (ACTIVITY) READING SKILLS READING TESTS REPORTS RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY RETIREMENT ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AWARDS SATISFACTION SAVINGS SCOTTISH CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION SCOTTISH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCIL AWARDS SCOTTISH VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION SECOND LANGUAGES SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYED SICK LEAVE SICK PERSONS SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS SOUND RECORDINGS SPEECH IMPAIRMENTS SPORT SPORT SPECTATORSHIP STATE RETIREMENT PENSIONS STUDENTS SUPERVISORS TABLES TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TELEVISION VIEWING THEATRE ATTENDANCE TIME TRAINING TRAINING COURSES TRAINING METHODS UNEARNED INCOME UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNWAGED WORKERS VISION IMPAIRMENTS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATES VOLUNTARY WORK WAGES WELSH (LANGUAGE) HOURS OF WORK WRITING SKILLS 1996 Great Britain
Description:	<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P> 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).<br> 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. <B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> 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.<br> Standard Measures<br> Three measures of literacy (prose, document and quantitative) were calculated using Item Response Theory (IRT) by Educational Testing Services (ETS) of Princeton, New Jersey.
URI:	https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/65702
Other Identifiers:	3791 10.5255/UKDA-SN-3791-1 http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-3791-1
Appears in Collections:	Cessda

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