Definitional and methodological problems in the cross-national measurement of adult literacy: The case of the IALS

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-61

  Levine, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84989380167     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.1.1.03lev     Document Type: Article

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