New methods for comparing literacy across populations: Insights from the measurement of poverty

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-493

  Denny, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education policy; Literacy; Numeracy; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036425107     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00249     Document Type: Review

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