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Download full textBarton, Paul E.; Jenkins, Lynn – 1995
Data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey were analyzed in a study of the relationship between literacy skill levels and dependency on welfare. The study focused on the following: literacy levels in the welfare population and in different demographic groups, the relationship between educational attainment and literacy and labor force…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demography, Education Work Relationship
Bramnick, Betty R. – 1981
A study assessed the impact of an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program on a sample of students enrolled in the Philadelphia ABE classes during the 1977-1978 school year. In order to assess the long-term effects of the ABE program, the researcher interviewed a random sample of 267 voluntary participants of the Philadelphia ABE day session after an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizen Participation, Demography, Educational Attainment
Cooper, Richard V. L. – 1978
This paper argues that the military plays an extremely important role in youth labor markets by providing not only jobs but also experience and training which can later be transferred to the civilian labor market. Following the introduction, section II examines the military's demand for labor; its fluctuations due to secular, cyclical, and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Change, Data Collection, Decision Making
