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Data Tables Table 1.1A Average Prose Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Total Population, Gender, Census Region, and Race/Ethnicity . . . . . . . . 139 Table 1.1B Average Document Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Total Population, Gender, Census Region, and Race/Ethnicity . . . . . . . . 140 Table 1.1C Average Quantitative Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Total Population, Gender, Census Region, and Race/Ethnicity . . . . . . . . 141 Table 1.2A Average Prose Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Education Level and Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Table 1.2B Average Document Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Education Level and Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Table 1.2C Average Quantitative Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Education Level and Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Table 1.3A Characteristics of Respondents by Prose Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . 145 Table 1.3B Characteristics of Respondents by Document Literacy Levels . . . 146 Table 1.3C Characteristics of Respondents by Quantitative Literacy Levels . . 147 Table 1.4A Average Prose Proficiency and Literacy Levels Incarcerated Sample by Total, Education Level, and Age . . . . . . . 148 Table 1.4B Average Document Proficiency and Literacy Levels Incarcerated Sample by Total, Education Level, and Age . . . . . . . 149 Table 1.4C Average Quantitative Proficiency and Literacy Levels Incarcerated Sample by Total, Education Level, and Age . . . . . . . 150 Table 1.5 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale for the 1985 YALS and 1992 NALS Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Table 1.6 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale Respondents’ Education Level by Parents’ Education Level . . . . . 152 Table 1.7 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale Education Level by Race/Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Table 1.8 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale Age by Race/Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Table 1.9A Average Years of Schooling by Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Census Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Table 1.9B Difference in Average Proficiencies and in Average Years of Schooling, by Race/Ethnicity and Age . . . . . . . . . 157 Table 1.10 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale Race/Ethnicity by Country of Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Table 1.11 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale Census Region by Country of Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Appendix B ......137
138 ......Appendix B Table 1.12A Average Prose Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Type of Physical, Mental, or Health Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Table 1.12B Average Document Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Type of Physical, Mental, or Health Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Table 1.12C Average Quantitative Proficiency and Literacy Levels by Type of Physical, Mental, or Health Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Table 2.1A Newspaper Reading Practices, Help from Others, and English Literacy by Prose Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Table 2.1B Newspaper Reading Practices, Help from Others, and English Literacy by Document Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Table 2.1C Newspaper Reading Practices, Help from Others, and English Literacy by Quantitative Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . 166 Table 2.2A Labor Status, Sources of Information, Voting, and Occupation by Prose Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Table 2.2B Labor Status, Sources of Information, Voting, and Occupation by Document Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Table 2.2C Labor Status, Sources of Information, Voting, and Occupation by Quantitative Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Table 2.3 Average Proficiency on Each Literacy Scale and Literacy Levels by Poverty Level and Sources of Nonwage Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Table 2.4 Median Weekly Wages and Average Weeks Worked in the Past 12 Months by Literacy Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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ADULT LITERACY in America A First L
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U.S. Department of Education Richar
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iv ......Contents Section II: The C
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vi ......Contents Figures and Table
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viii ......Contents Table 3.1: Perc
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Our thanks go to all those who carr
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xii ......Preface the last decade
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xiv ......Preface During the first
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adults received proficiency scores
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• The literacy proficiencies of y
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• Adults in the lowest level on e
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Historians remind us that during th
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xxii ......Executive Summary
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About This Report This report is wr
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14 ......Introduction
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NALS Percentages of Adults with Sel
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NALS Percentages of Adults Who Repo
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22 ......Section I Twelve percent o
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NALS Average Literacy Proficiencies
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Percentage in Level Percentage in L
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Results by Parents’ Level of Educ
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Results by Age 30 ......Section I T
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NALS Average Years of Schooling, by
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34 ......Section I When one compare
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NALS PROSE Average Proficiency Aver
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Age and Racial/Ethnic Differences 3
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Country of Birth and Racial/Ethnic
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Percentage in Level Percentage in L
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Results by Region Results by Sex 46
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NALS Percentages of Adults Born in
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Summary 50 ......Section I overrepr
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52 ......Section I A strong relatio
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NALS Percentages of Adults Who Vote
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Aspects of Newspaper Reading 56 ...
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NALS Among Adults Who Read the News
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NALS Level 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 3 1
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NALS Average Literacy Proficiencies
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NALS Median Weekly Wages, by Litera
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Summary 68 ......Section II The gre
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70 ......Section III the content an
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NALS 72 ......Section III The respo
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74 ......Section III and the use of
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76 ......Section III Prose Level 2
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Document Literacy 84 ......Section
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Page 153 and 154: NALS 128 ......Appendix A common it
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Page 187 and 188: DISABILITIES Physical, Mental, Heal
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