
ERIC Number: EJ537338
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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Functional Reading Difficulties in Denmark: A Study of Adult Reading of Common Texts.
Elbro, Carsten; And Others
Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v7 n3 p257-76 Sep 1995
Interviews 1124 Danish adults about reading habits/skills, and tests 445 individually at home using six common texts covering types of everyday reading. Finds that 3% of participants have severe functional reading difficulties; another 9% have moderate difficulties. Pinpoints several predictors of reading difficulties: age, limited basic education, no vocational training/higher education, and minimal reading needed at work. (PA)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Habits, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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