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40 -
44 million adults (23% - 25%) were at the lowest of
5 levels of literacy.
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50
million adults were at the second lowest
level.
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According
to the Office for technology Assessment of
Educational Progress; Illiteracy has increased in
the United States.
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1 in 5
American adults (20%) is functionally
illiterate.
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A 1982
study indicated that about 13% of American adults
20 or over (17 to 21 million people) do not read at
all or read below the 4th grade
level.
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75% of
unemployed adults have reading or writing
difficulties.
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60% of
America's inmates are illiterate, and 85% of all
juvenile offenders have problems with
illiteracy.
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The
number of illiterate adults exceeds by 16 million
the entire vote cast for the winner in the 1980
presidential contest.
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Only 3
to 4 million adults with Illiteracy-related
problems are reached by government programs each
year.
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13% of
all 17 year olds are functionally illiterate. Among
minority youth, the figure is 44%.
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In
1986-87, the federal government spent $17 per
illiterate adult to aid adult literacy
efforts.
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Everybody
pays for the problem of
illiteracy!
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acts
about 
lliteracy