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04Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Population lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65)
Notes :
This table includes Israel and Malta, which are not OECD member countries, but excludes the Republic of Korea, Mexico and Turkey, which are. For the human poverty index (HPI-1) and related indicators for these countries, see Table 3. † Denotes indicator used to calculate HPI-2; for details see Technical note 1.
| 1 - | Based on scoring at level 1 on the prose literacy scale of the IALS. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified. |
| 2 - | Based on OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and Statistics Canada. 2000. Literacy in the Information age. Final Report on the International Adult Literacy Survey. OECD Publishing. Paris. Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified. |
| 3 - | For calculating HPI-2 an estimate of 16.4%, the unweighted average of countries with available data, was applied. |
| 4 - | Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. |
Source :
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and Statistics Canada. 2005. Learning a Living by Earning Skills: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey. OECD Publishing. Paris, unless otherwise specified.
