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International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) for 13 countries
Description
The data is obtained from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), collected in 13 countries on Prose, Document, and Quantitative scales between 1994 and 1995. The data are reported as the percentage of individuals who could not reach a basic level of literacy in each country.
Usage
data(IALS_data)
Format
An object of class "data.frame"
- Prose
On prose scale, the percentage of individuals who could not reach a basic level of literacy in each country.
- Document
On document scale, the percentage of individuals who could not reach a basic level of literacy in each country.
- Quantitative
On quantitative scale, the percentage of individuals who could not reach a basic level of literacy in each country.
- Country
Specify the country
- Gender
Specify the gender
References
Sofroniou, N., Hoad, D., & Einbeck, J. (2008). League tables for literacy survey data based on random effect models. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Utrecht; pp. 402-405.
Examples
data(IALS_data)
head(IALS_data)