Table S18-2. Standard errors for the percentage of adults age 16 or older in each prose, document, and quantitative literacy achievement level, by selected characteristics: 2003
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Prose
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Document
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Quantitative
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| Characteristic |
Below
Basic |
Basic |
Inter-
mediate |
Proficient |
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Below
Basic |
Basic |
Inter-
mediate |
Proficient |
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Below
Basic |
Basic |
Inter-
mediate |
Proficient |
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| Total |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
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0.5 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
| Sex |
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| Male |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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0.6 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
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0.6 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| Female |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
|
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
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0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
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| Race/ethnicity |
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| White |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
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0.5 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
| Black |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
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1.7 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
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1.8 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
| Hispanic |
1.8 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
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1.6 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
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1.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
2.0 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
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2.2 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
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3.0 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
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| Age |
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| 16–18 |
1.7 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
1.4 |
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1.4 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
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2.3 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
1.3 |
| 19–24 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
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1.1 |
1.2 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
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1.4 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
| 25–39 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
|
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
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0.8 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
| 40–49 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
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0.7 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
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0.9 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
| 50–64 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
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0.9 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
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1.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
| 65 or older |
1.3 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
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1.5 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
0.4 |
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1.6 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
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| Language spoken before starting school |
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| English only |
0.5 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
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0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
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0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
| English and Spanish |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
1.3 |
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2.5 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
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3.3 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
| English and other language |
1.5 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
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2.0 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
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2.7 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
| Spanish |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
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2.0 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
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2.2 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
| Other language |
2.2 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
1.3 |
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1.9 |
1.3 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
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2.3 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
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| Education |
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| Still in high school |
2.5 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
1.5 |
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2.3 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
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2.9 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
| Less than/some high school |
1.4 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
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1.4 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
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1.3 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
| GED/high school equivalency |
1.8 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
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1.9 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
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3.1 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
| High school graduate |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
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1.0 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
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1.4 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
| Vocational/trade/business school |
1.8 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
1.5 |
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1.5 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
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2.1 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
| Some college |
0.7 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
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0.8 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
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1.2 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
| Associate’s/2-year degree |
0.7 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
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0.7 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
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1.1 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
| College graduate |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
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0.6 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
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0.6 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
| Graduate studies/degree |
0.4 |
1.2 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
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0.4 |
1.1 |
2.6 |
2.8 |
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0.6 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) and 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).
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