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TABLE 2.4<br />

Median Weekly Wages and Average Weeks Worked<br />

<strong>in</strong> the Past 12 Months, by <strong>Literacy</strong> Levels<br />

WAGES LITERACY Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5<br />

AND LEVEL 225 or lower 226 to 275 276 to 325 326 to 375 376 or higher<br />

WEEKS<br />

WORKED WGT N<br />

n (/1,000) ( SE) ( SE) ( SE) ( SE) ( SE)<br />

Weekly Wages 14,927 108,672<br />

Prose 240 ( 2.2) 281 ( 4.8) 339 ( 16.9) 465 ( 19.0) 650 ( 61.5)<br />

Document 244 ( 5.2) 288 ( 8.9) 350 ( 0.6) 462 ( 28.7) 618 ( 34.6)<br />

Quantitative 230 ( 10.5) 274 ( 11.4) 345 ( 3.8) 472 ( 14.9) 681 ( 49.5)<br />

Weeks Worked 24,944 190,523<br />

Prose 19 ( 0.5) 27 ( 0.4) 35 ( 0.4) 38 ( 0.4) 44 ( 0.7)<br />

Document 19 ( 0.5) 29 ( 0.3) 35 ( 0.4) 40 ( 0.4) 43 ( 0.8)<br />

Quantitative 18 ( 0.5) 29 ( 0.4) 34 ( 0.4) 39 ( 0.4) 40 ( 0.8)<br />

n = sample size; WGT N = population size estimate / 1,000 (the sample sizes <strong>for</strong> subpopulations may not add up to the total sample sizes, due<br />

to miss<strong>in</strong>g data); (SE) = standard error of the estimate (the reported sample estimate can be said tobe with<strong>in</strong> 2 standard errors of the true<br />

population value with 95% confidence).<br />

! Interpret with caution -- the nature of the sample does not allow accurate determ<strong>in</strong>ation of the variability of this statistic.<br />

Source: U.S. Department of <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>National</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong>, <strong>National</strong> <strong>Adult</strong> <strong>Literacy</strong> Survey, 1992.<br />

Appendix B ......171

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