AGE, EDUCATION, AND LITERACY SKILLS OF ADULT MISSISSIPPIANS
AGE, EDUCATION, AND LITERACY SKILLS OF ADULT MISSISSIPPIANS
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/33.6.741
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发表时间：
1993-12-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
ADAMSPRICE, CE
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作者：
ADAMSPRICE, CE
这项研究调查了1791名年龄在16岁到75岁之间的密西西比黑人和白色居民的识字能力，他们的教育水平各不相同。使用由美国教育考试服务中心（ETS）开发的一种新的读写能力测试，三种读写能力进行了评估：散文读写能力，文件读写能力和定量读写能力。结果显示，很少密西西比人是完全文盲，但识字水平与教育，年龄和种族有关。在各年龄组中，受过教育的人得分高于教育程度较低的人。然而，受过高等教育和教育程度较低的老年人在所有三项扫盲措施上的得分都低于受过同等教育的年轻人。
This study examined the literacy skills of 1791 black and white Mississippi residents aged 16 to 75, with varying levels of education. Using a new literacy test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), three kinds of literacy were assessed: prose literacy, document literacy, and quantitative literacy. Results revealed that very few Mississippians were totally illiterate, but that the level of literacy was associated with education, age, and race. Within age groups, educated persons scored higher than less educated persons. However, both highly-educated and little-educated older persons scored lower on all three measures of literacy than equally educated younger persons.