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Table A36. Mean literacy and numeracy proficiency scores among male and female U.S. adults ages 16-65, by age and educational attainment: 2012/2014
| Age and educational attainment | Mean literacy proficiency score |
Mean numeracy proficiency score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |||||||
| Total | 271.7 | 272.3 | 271.2 | 257.2 | 264.6 | 250.1 | ||||||
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 24 years and younger | 273.2 | 271.1 | 275.5 | 253.9 | 258.4 | 248.9 | ||||||
| 25-34 years old | 281.1 | 281.4 | 280.8 | 267.0 | 274.5 | 259.8 | ||||||
| 35-44 years old | 275.5 | 278.6 | 272.5 | 261.0 | 269.9 | 252.4 | ||||||
| 45-54 years old | 267.0 | 266.3 | 267.7 | 252.5 | 259.0 | 246.9 | ||||||
| 55 years and older | 262.3 | 263.8 | 261.0 | 251.7 | 261.3 | 243.0 | ||||||
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 228.8 | 231.2 | 226.1 | 211.2 | 218.5 | 202.9 | ||||||
| High school, no postsecondary degree | 263.4 | 264.6 | 262.2 | 247.2 | 255.4 | 239.1 | ||||||
| Postsecondary degree | 299.7 | 301.8 | 297.8 | 288.6 | 298.8 | 279.9 | ||||||
| NOTE: Proficiency in literacy and numeracy are scaled between 0 and 500 score points. Literacy and numeracy proficiency scores cannot be compared directly because each domain has a distinct framework, construct, set of items, and scale. Estimates based on U.S. combined data from 2012 and 2014. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), U.S. PIAAC 2012/2014. |
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