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One in 7 US adults are illiterate

January

A federal study found that 32 million adults in the US (one in seven) have such low literacy skills that it would be difficult for them to read anything more advanced than a children’s picture book or to understand side effects written on a pill bottle, according to an article in USA Today.

The findings come from the US Education Department’s National Assessment of Adult Literacy, a survey of more than 19,000 Americans 16 and older.

Large states such as California, New York, Florida and Nevada saw the rise in the number of low skill adults.

Caption: One in seven Americans cannot read anything more advanced than a children’s picture book (Danielle De Souza/The Journal News).

This entry was posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pm by Danielle De Souza. | Email This Post

One Response to “One in 7 US adults are illiterate”

Aman Ali January 10th, 2009 at 2:16 am
That also means that only 6 out of 7 adults can read this post

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