Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by BENDER, D. E
Right arrow Articles by MCCANN, M. F
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by BENDER, D. E
Right arrow Articles by MCCANN, M. F
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1993 Oxford University Press

other

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

DEBORAH E BENDER* and MARGARET F MCCANN

*Department of Health Policy and Adminisration, School of Public Health The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400, USA
{dagger}Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina

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.

Revised 1 February 1993


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.