Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009

The aim of the <i>Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009</i> (SSAL2009) was to update existing data on working age (16-65 year old) adults’ literacies skills, and to provide a new baseline estimate of the general population’s levels of literacies skills in Scotland. This included an assessment of skills on three literacies scales; prose, document and quantitative literacy. The aim of the survey also included exploring patterns of literacies skills and analysing these skills in relation to respondents’ social backgrounds. The sampling strategy ensures a high degree of representativeness and allows in-depth discussion of issues such as gender, social class, urbanisation and work.<br> <br> SSAL2009 is based on the <i>International Adult Literacy Survey</i> (IALS) carried out in 1996 as part of an international programme of surveys. The Great British part of this survey is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 3791 - <i> Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996</i>.<br>