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Peer reviewedStromquist, Nelly P. – Comparative Education Review, 1990
Examines relationships among gender, subordination, politics, poverty, and illiteracy in developing nations. Links women's illiteracy with uneven power distribution. Suggests that patriarchal ideologies shaping the sexual division of labor affect women's access to education and attainment of literacy. Recommends literacy programs be more relevant…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Developing Nations
Creative Research Group, Ltd., Toronto (Ontario). – 1987
This document reports the results of a study of literacy in Canada conducted for the Southam News in 1987. During the study, 2,398 Canadians were surveyed to determine the levels of literacy they possessed and how they coped in society if they were illiterate. The research methodology is based on an assessment of literacy conducted in 1985 by the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Demography
Download full textFratoe, Frank A. – 1979
Members of the farm related population generally lag behind their nonfarm related counterparts in the number of school years completed, number of persons completing high school and college, functional literacy rates, participants in adult education, and labor force status. In 1975 White farm males trailed metro and nonmetro nonfarm males by 1.2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Personnel
