National Assessment of Adult Literacy, 2003

National Assessment of Adult Literacy 2003 (NAAL:2003) is a study that is part of the National Assessment of Adult Literacy program; program data are available since 1992 at https://nces.ed.gov/naal/datafiles.asp. NAAL:2003 (https://nces.ed.gov/naal/) is a cross-sectional assessment that collected information about English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. The study was conducted using direct assessment from 19,000 adults 16 or older, in their homes and some in prisons from the 50 states and District of Columbia. Households and prison inmates were sampled in 2003. The weighted response rate was 62.1 percent for households and 88.3 percent for prison inmates. Key statistics produced from NAAL:2003 include (1) prose, document, quantitative and health literacy levels and basic reading skills, (2) demographics and background characteristics, and (3) relationships between (1) and (2), as well as comparisons between 2003 and 1992 results.