Postsecondary Education
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Table S18-1. Standard errors for the average prose, document, and quantitative literacy scores of adults age 16 or older, by selected characteristics: 1992 and 2003
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Prose
|
|
Document
|
|
Quantitative
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| Characteristic |
1992 |
2003 |
|
1992 |
2003 |
|
1992 |
2003 |
|
| Total |
1.1 |
1.3 |
|
1.1 |
1.2 |
|
1.1 |
1.2 |
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
1.2 |
1.5 |
|
1.2 |
1.5 |
|
1.4 |
1.3 |
| Female |
1.3 |
1.4 |
|
1.2 |
1.2 |
|
1.2 |
1.3 |
| |
| Race/ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| White |
1.2 |
1.5 |
|
1.2 |
1.5 |
|
1.1 |
1.3 |
| Black |
1.4 |
1.8 |
|
1.4 |
2.1 |
|
1.6 |
2.1 |
| Hispanic |
2.3 |
3.5 |
|
1.8 |
3.6 |
|
2.3 |
3.2 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
6.1 |
4.0 |
|
6.1 |
5.0 |
|
7.8 |
5.1 |
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| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 16–18 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
|
2.2 |
2.9 |
|
2.5 |
3.1 |
| 19–24 |
2.0 |
2.4 |
|
2.2 |
2.5 |
|
2.0 |
2.3 |
| 25–39 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
|
1.2 |
1.8 |
|
1.3 |
1.8 |
| 40–49 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
|
1.9 |
1.8 |
|
1.8 |
1.9 |
| 50–64 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
|
1.4 |
2.1 |
|
1.8 |
1.9 |
| 65 or older |
1.7 |
2.0 |
|
2.2 |
2.0 |
|
2.7 |
2.2 |
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| Language spoken before starting school |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| English only |
1.2 |
1.4 |
|
1.2 |
1.3 |
|
1.2 |
1.2 |
| English and Spanish |
2.9 |
3.1 |
|
3.6 |
3.4 |
|
4.6 |
3.8 |
| English and other language |
4.0 |
3.1 |
|
4.5 |
3.2 |
|
5.6 |
4.1 |
| Spanish |
2.9 |
3.8 |
|
2.8 |
4.6 |
|
3.3 |
4.6 |
| Other language |
3.4 |
4.6 |
|
3.7 |
4.2 |
|
4.3 |
4.3 |
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| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Still in high school |
2.5 |
3.7 |
|
2.4 |
4.3 |
|
3.2 |
4.2 |
| Less than/some high school |
1.4 |
2.4 |
|
1.5 |
2.6 |
|
2.1 |
2.2 |
| GED/high school equivalency |
2.2 |
2.1 |
|
2.3 |
2.5 |
|
2.3 |
3.1 |
| High school graduate |
1.0 |
1.3 |
|
1.4 |
1.5 |
|
1.2 |
1.6 |
| Vocational/trade/business school |
2.1 |
2.7 |
|
2.0 |
2.5 |
|
2.2 |
2.2 |
| Some college |
1.4 |
1.6 |
|
1.6 |
1.7 |
|
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Associate’s/2-year degree |
1.9 |
2.4 |
|
1.9 |
2.0 |
|
2.0 |
2.1 |
| College graduate |
1.9 |
2.1 |
|
1.9 |
2.2 |
|
1.8 |
1.8 |
| Graduate studies/degree |
2.0 |
2.8 |
|
1.9 |
2.2 |
|
2.1 |
2.1 |
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| Employment status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Employed full time |
1.3 |
1.5 |
|
1.2 |
1.2 |
|
1.3 |
1.1 |
| Employed part time |
1.7 |
2.2 |
|
1.8 |
2.2 |
|
1.7 |
2.2 |
| Unemployed |
2.3 |
2.8 |
|
2.2 |
3.3 |
|
3.2 |
3.6 |
| Not in labor force |
1.4 |
1.7 |
|
1.5 |
1.9 |
|
1.9 |
1.8 |
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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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