Data instruments used to estimate literacy
This figure illustrates the type of sources that countries use to estimate literacy rates. The three categories include censuses (e.g. national population censuses),surveys (e.g. Demographic and Health Surveys), and indirect inference (e.g. extrapolation from educational attainment data).
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- Adult literacy rate
- Literacy rate in adult men
- Literacy rate in adult women
- Literacy rate of young men and women
- Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita
- Literacy rates, adult female, one-sentence test (DHS) vs. self-reports (UNESCO)
- Literacy rates, adult male, one-sentence test (DHS) vs. self-reports (UNESCO)
- Youth literacy rate, female
- Youth literacy rate, male