Maldives2017DHS

Literacy measures the proportion of individuals aged 15-49 who attended schooling higher than the secondary level or who can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence about everyday life. It broadly follows the definition of SDG indicator 4.6.1 Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional literacy and numeracy skills.

Data Source: DHS

The following data are considered for this analysis:
• Individuals: Women ages 15 - 49 (IR-Individual Recode for women)

The standard LNOB analysis for Literacy among women includes the following circumstances:
• Wealth of the household: top 60 or bottom 40 per cent of the household wealth distribution
• Residence: urban or rural
• Age group: 15-24, 25-34, 35-49