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What’s the score in New Zealand?ALL Survey 200651% of NZ adults aged 16-65 havenumeracy skills below those deemednecessary to participate fully in a modern,high skilled economy and lower thanthose deemed necessary for everydaylife, with Māori and Pasifika adults overrepresentedin these groups and withstark regional variations (Lane, 2010a)
Characteristics of groups with low proseliteracy and numeracy (ALL Levels 1 and 2)• Lower secondary education or less• Not taking formal or non-formal courses in the past year• Labour force status of unemployed, retired, homemaker or other• Being employed but not using a computer at work• Not having access to a computer at home, or using a home computer rarely, especially, thecombination of not using a computer at work AND not using a computer at home• Being a machine operator or elementary worker• Working in any of the following industries:• Wholesale and retail trade, transport and communications• Manufacturing and construction• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining• Having an annual gross personal income of less than $40,000• Not having English as a first language• Having a language other than English as the main language spoken in the home• Being born outside New Zealand• Having Māori, Pasifika or Asian ethnic identification• Older age• Being female (for numeracy)(Lane, 2010b)
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