Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ422297
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
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Literacy Skills of Welfare Recipients.
Marsh, George E., II; And Others
Urban Review, v22 n4 p299-304 Dec 1990
Tests of a sample of 106 welfare recipients in Arkansas found that 53 percent were literate, contrary to the federal assumption that most recipients are illiterate. Concludes that specific job training and specific occupational literacy, rather than general literacy, programs would best meet the needs of the unemployed. (DM)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Interviews, Literacy, Welfare Recipients, Welfare Services
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Arkansas
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Woodcock Johnson Psycho Educational Battery
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