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24500|aInternational Adult Literacy Survey / |cPublished jointly by Human Resources Development Canada from 1998 to 2002, by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada from 2004.
260 |aOttawa - Ontario : |bStatistics Canada
310 |aIrregular
3621 |aNo. 1, 1997--
500 |a"The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was a 22-country initiative conducted between 1994 and 1998. The Canadian component of the IALS study was primarily funded by the Applied Research Branch and the National Literacy Secretariat of Human Resources Development Canada."--Title page, No. 11.
5203 |aA seven-country initiative conducted in the fall of 1994. Its goal was to create comparable literacy profiles across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries. Successive waves of the survey now encompass close to 30 countries around the world. Features detailed studies from the IALS database by literacy scholars and experts in Canada and the United States. Focus on current policy issues and cover topics such as adult training, literacy skill match and mismatch in the workplace, seniors' literacy skills and health, literacy and economic security, and many others.
563 |aSoftcover
7102 |aStatistics Canada.
77508|tEnquête internationale sur l'alphabétisation des adultes / |w(CaOODSP)9.512885
7760#|tInternational Adult Literacy Survey / |w(CaOODSP)9.504434