...the former on the standardisation of educational statistics has suggested that "A person is literate who can with understanding both read and write a short, simple statement on his everyday life.."14 UNESCO, for more practical purposes has elaborated this definition to propose...

...data. It ie an estimate of the percentage of the population aged 15 and over able to read and write. A person who can, with understanding, both read and...short, simple statement about his or her everyday life ie considered literate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiterates. The data...

...data. It is an estimate of the percentage of the population aged 15 and over able to read and write. A person who can, with understanding, both read and...read but not write are included with illiterates. The data is compiled by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Because...

...It is an estimate of the percenⅠage of the population aged 15 and over able Ⅰo read and write. A person who can, with understanding, both read and...statement about his or her everyday life is considered liteⅠate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiⅠeⅠates. The daⅠa is compiled...

...simple arithmetic the constituents of individual literacy. As UNESCO expressed it: 'a person is literate who can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on his everyday life,' How was this determined? Most often, a census-style question, asking respondents,...

...data. It is an estimate of the percentage of the population aged 15 and over able to read and write. A person who can, with understanding, both read and...read but not write are included with illiterates. The data are compiled by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Because...

...reading, writing, and ciphering with individual literacy, and UNESCO summarized: "A person is literate who can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on his everyday life." During the 1950s, however, efforts were made to distinguish between a literate...

...displayed at the end of the table. "Literacy" is the ability both to read and write. A person is literate who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement on his or her everyday life. Hence, a person capable of reading and writing only figures and his or...

...total adult population aged 1 5 years and over. Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. A person who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement about his everyday life is literate. Persons who can read, but cannot write, are included with illiterates. Figures...

...faculty or school of medicine) c Education Adult literacy rate - percentage of people aged 15 and above who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life Many other social measures are used to indicate imbalances between countries....