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Download full textBuddeberg, Klaus; Dutz, Gregor; Heilmann, Lisanne; Stammer, Christopher; Grotlüschen, Anke – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
This paper presents findings by the "LEO Survey 2018 -- Living with Low Literacy." It found that in Germany 12.1% of the adult population (aged between 18 and 64 years) have low literacy skills. This paper questions existing assumptions about the everyday life of adults with low literacy. Based on variables on everyday practices, we work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Direct linkChmielewski, Anna K. – OECD Publishing, 2018
It is well-known that there are large disparities in academic achievement between children of different socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds. This study examines the evolution of disparities in literacy skills between adults of different SES backgrounds. It compares countries' patterns in the evolution of disparities in literacy by SES…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Background, Academic Achievement, Adults
OECD Publishing, 2016
In designing policies and programmes targeting populations with poor literacy skills, it is important to take into account differences in the level of these skills within and among these populations. For example, native speakers of the mainstream language may require different language-development training than non-native speakers; and most adults…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Reading Skills, Basic Skills, Adults
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Canadians share a common interest in finding ways to raise incomes and reduce dependence on income support programs. Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and DataAngel Policy Research Incorporated have produced a report that explores the potential of an investment in adult literacy to simultaneously raise Canadians' earnings and reduce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2011
Reading is theorised as a key aspect of one's educational and vocational adjustment. The reading scores on the "Wide-Range Achievement Test 3" of 465 adult vocational assessment clients were examined. Reading varied across a range of social factors and the overall results were consistent with earlier studies, especially the "Adult…
Descriptors: Vocational Evaluation, Achievement Tests, Vocational Adjustment, Adult Literacy
Murray, Scott; Shillington, Richard – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
Examining costs and savings associated with moving every Canadian with a Literacy Level 1 or 2 (on the international literacy scale) to Level 3, this analysis is based upon statistically matched data from the "2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey and the 2005-2009 Surveys of Labour and Income Dynamics." The methods provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Income, Adult Literacy
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