In 1992, a nationally representative household survey was conducted to assess the literacy skills of the adult population in the U.S. The results include more than a million responses to the literacy tasks and background questions, providing information that is essential to understanding the nation's literacy resources. Chapters: Overview; Sample Design; Weighting and Population. Estimates; Development of the Survey Instruments; The Household Survey; The Prison Survey; Estimating Literacy Proficiencies w/ and w/o Cognitive Data; Scaling and Proficiency Est.; Evaluation. of Sample Design and Composite Est.; Construct Validity of the Adult Literacy Scales; and Interpreting the Adult Literacy Scales and Literacy Levels. Numerous charts and tables.