Literacy ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
9.4 Literacy
9.4.1 Literacy in residential and gender perspective Literacy generally denotes the ability to read and write and to use written words in everyday life. Literacy is one of the intended outcomes of education , as well as a measure of a person’s ability to function in society and his or her potential for further intellectual growth and contribution to economic and socio-cultural development of society. The complementary illiteracy indicates the extent of need for policies and efforts in organizing adult literacy programmes and quality primary education. According to ALCS 2013-14, this represents 66 percent of the total population 15 and older. The adult literacy rate – referring to the population aged 15 and over – indicates the accumulated achievement of primary education and literacy programmes in providing basic literacy skills to the population. Table 9.5 indicates very low adult literacy rates for Afghanistan, with 34 percent overall literacy in the population 15 years and over. The complementary illiteracy rate of 66 percent implies that there are around 9.7 million illiterate persons aged 15 and older in Afghanistan, 5.9 million women and 3.8 million men. The adult literacy rate presented in Table 9.5 also shows pronounced differences by residence: in the urban population the adult literacy rate is almost twice as high as that in the rural population 54 against 29 percent, whereas among the Kuchi adult literacy is as low as 8 percent. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 5 -1 9 2 -2 4 2 5 -2 9 3 -3 4 3 5 -3 9 4 -4 4 4 5 -4 9 5 -5 4 5 5 -5 9 6 -6 4 6 5 -6 9 7 -7 4 7 5 + No education completed Completed primary Completed secondary Completed tertiary 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1 5 -1 9 2 -2 4 2 5 -2 9 3 -3 4 3 5 -3 9 4 -4 4 4 5 -4 9 5 -5 4 5 5 -5 9 6 -6 4 6 5 -6 9 7 -7 4 7 5 + No education completed Completed primary Completed secondary Completed tertiary 152 Table 9.5: Adult literacy rate, by residence, and by sex in percentages; Gender equity indicators, by residence Sex and gender NationalParts
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» Introduction Stakeholder involvement ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Questionnaire design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Pilot training and pilot survey Training and selection of field staff
» Sampling design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Field operations ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Analysis ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Comparability of results ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Data limitations Reporting ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex ratio Population structure
» Household structure Household composition
» Marital status distribution Marriage patterns
» The marriage age gap Polygamy
» Afghanistan’s migration context
» Internal recent migrants The stock of internal recent migrants
» Immigrants and immigration International migration
» The migration balance ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Origins and destinations of returnees
» Living conditions of returnees
» Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Labour force participation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Overview of employment, underemployment and unemployment
» Comparison over time percent
» Characteristics of the employed and underemployed
» percent ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Characteristics of labour migrants
» Migrants’ labour market performance
» Prevalence of child labour and their conditions of work
» Causes and consequences of child labour
» Household chores and child labour
» Irrigated land Farming and horticulture
» Rain-fed land Farming and horticulture
» Farming input Farming and horticulture
» Horticulture Farming and horticulture
» Sale of animals and animal products Livestock production factors
» Introduction Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Measuring poverty trends using survey to survey imputation Growth and distribution
» Demographic characteristics Household head characteristics
» Characteristics of children in the household
» Conclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Distribution by residence Distribution by region and province
» Characterisation by asset ownership Characterisation by demographics
» Harvest and lean season’s differences
» Sources of food items by main income source Sources of food items by season
» Coping with shocks ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Educational attendance in residence and gender perspective
» Developments in educational attendance
» Transitions in the education career
» School-life expectancy Population not attending education
» percent Educational attainment ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Literacy ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex Gender equity indicators percent percent percent
» Developments in literacy levels
» Sex Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Access to health services and care-seeking behaviour
» Maternal health ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» percent percent percent ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Breastfeeding ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Head of household In the ALCS 2013-
» Educational attainment The gender education gap
» Women in the labour force percent
» Decision making ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Seclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Women and development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Tenancy and dwelling characteristics
» Other household amenities percent
» percent CSO staff ICON Steering Committee
» Technical Advisory Committee Chapter authors
» Relationship to head of household Marital status 1 = Married
» Introduction Sample frame Sample size Stratification
» Cluster size and number of clusters Sampling stages and selection process
» Sample design implementation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Resident population Calculation of sampling weights and post-stratification
» Weights variables The values of the final household sample weight hw
» Data ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Model development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Model selection: cross-validation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
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