Validation of Self-Report of Literacy among Periurban Women in Bolivia

Many surveys ask women to rate their literacy level, but the validity of these setf-reports is not usualty evaluatd. In this etucty of infant health, conducted in Cochabamba, Bolivia, maternal literacy was assessed by the mother herself and by the interviewer, bad on the mother's reading a shor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of epidemiology 1993-08, Vol.22 (4), p.747-748
Hauptverfasser:	BENDER, DEBORAH E, MCCANN, MARGARET F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Bolivia Educational Measurement - methods Educational Status Epidemiology Evaluation Studies as Topic Female General aspects Health Surveys Humans Interviews as Topic - methods Medical sciences Methodology Middle Aged Mothers - education Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Reproducibility of Results
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Zusammenfassung:	Many surveys ask women to rate their literacy level, but the validity of these setf-reports is not usualty evaluatd. In this etucty of infant health, conducted in Cochabamba, Bolivia, maternal literacy was assessed by the mother herself and by the interviewer, bad on the mother's reading a short text aloud. The two ratings were highty correlated (P< 0.001). This finding suggests that maternal self-reports of literacy are very reliable.
ISSN:	0300-5771 1464-3685
DOI:	10.1093/ije/22.4.747