Changing patterns of illiteracy in Morocco : assessment methods compared

This study estimates the incidence, characteristics, and patterns of change over time of illiteracy in Morocco. The study compares the results from direct literacy assessment to the conventional methods of self-reporting literacy. This effort has provided more detailed, objective information with wh...

• Main Author: Lavy, Victor
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Other Authors: Spratt, Jennifer, Leboucher, Nathalie
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1995
• Series: Living standards measurement study working paper no. 115
• Subjects: EDUCACION BASICA; ALFABETIZACION; ANALFABETISMO; INDICADORES EDUCATIVOS; MARRUECOS

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Method
• 3. Patterns in the incidence of illiteracy, by self-report and direct testing methods
• 4. Literacy, Illiteracy, and economic status
• 5. Family patterns of literacy and illiteracy
• 6. An analysis of literacy determinants
• 7. Summary, conclusions, and policy implications
• Appendix: survey design and field work
• References.