...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...

...SOCIAL INDICATORS 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,...read and write a short, simple statement about his or her everyday life ie considered literate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiterates....

...SOCIAL INDICATORS 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,...read and write a short, simple statement about his or her everyday life is considered literate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiterates....

...IHDICAT。R" data. 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,...read and write a short, simple statement about his or her everyday life is considered liteⅠate. Persons who can read but not write are included with...

...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,...

...SOCIAL INDICATORS 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,...read and write a short, simple statement about his or her everyday life is considered literate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiterates....

...SOCIAL INDICATORS 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,...read and write a short, simple statement about his or her everyday life is considered literate. Persons who can read but not write are included with illiterates....

...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...

...Illiteracy rate. This table shows the share of illiterate adults in total adult population aged 1 5 years and over. Literacy is defined as the ability...females, and both genders combined (UNESCO data). Tables 13-14. Primary school gross enrollment ratio. This is the total number of pupils enrolled at the primary...