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Definition of: literacy/illiteracy Definition code: 187 A person is literate who can with understanding both read and write a short simple statement on his everyday life. A person is illiterate who cannot with understanding both read and write a short simple statement on his everyday life. (44). Reference: - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, 1978). Revised Recommendation concerning the International Standardization of Educational Statistics (Paris). Also contained in UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, chap. 2 (Paris, annual).