Literacy and Dependency: The Literacy Skills of Welfare Recipients in the United States. Policy Information Report.

Autor/inn/en	Barton, Paul E.; Jenkins, Lynn
Institution	Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Policy Information Center.
Titel	Literacy and Dependency: The Literacy Skills of Welfare Recipients in the United States. Policy Information Report.
Quelle	(1995), (64 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Demography; Education Work Relationship; Educational Attainment; Educational Benefits; Educational Needs; Educational Strategies; Employment Level; Employment Patterns; Income; Individual Characteristics; Literacy Education; Reading Ability; Reading Skills; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Skill Development; Tables (Data); Welfare Recipients; National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Demografie; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsertrag; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Lehrstrategie; Beschäftigungsgrad; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Einkommen; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Tabelle; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Abstract	Data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey were analyzed in a study of the relationship between literacy skill levels and dependency on welfare. The study focused on the following: literacy levels in the welfare population and in different demographic groups, the relationship between educational attainment and literacy and labor force experience and literacy, and the effectiveness of selected strategies for raising literacy levels. Among the major findings were the following: (1) on a 5-point scale, from over a third to almost a half of all welfare recipients perform at the lowest literacy level and approximately one-third perform at the second lowest level; (2) the average literacy level of welfare recipients is below that of unskilled laborers and assemblers; (3) sex differences in average document and quantitative proficiency found in general population are reduced or eliminated in welfare populations; (4) the performance gap between Whites and Blacks and between Whites and Hispanics is smaller within welfare populations than within the national population; (5) as in the general population, employed welfare recipients with higher literacy levels earn higher wages than their less literate counterparts; and (6) controlled research studies have demonstrated that education and training can help raise welfare recipients' literacy levels. (Sixty-four tables/figures are included.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	Policy Information Center, Mail Stop 04-R, Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541-0001 ($9.50 prepaid).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC