 As part of the "Skills for Life" strategy, a nationwide survey of basic skills ("Skills for Life Needs and Impact Survey") was published in 2003.Evidence again was largely taken from the OECD survey, IALS (International Adult Literacy Survey).While many literacy scholars eg, those attached to the Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University, were cautious of the figures, the survey showed that of the adult population aged 16–65 in England