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    1) Literacy levels are a key social and economic indicator that are linked to access to labor markets and quality of life. People with low literacy have restricted job opportunities and tend to work in physically demanding, low-paying jobs. 2) Factors like immigrant status, language familiarity, location, quality of education, and parental education can all impact an individual's literacy level. Immigrant youth and those from areas with unequal education systems tend to have lower literacy scores. 3) Social paradigms and parental involvement also influence literacy. Those surrounded by literacy-valuing cultures and who have literate parents are more likely to be literate themselves and access better opportunities.

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    1) Literacy levels are a key social and economic indicator that are linked to access to labor markets and quality of life. People with low literacy have restricted job opportunities and tend to work in physically demanding, low-paying jobs. 2) Factors like immigrant status, language familiarity, location, quality of education, and parental education can all impact an individual's literacy level. Immigrant youth and those from areas with unequal education systems tend to have lower literacy scores. 3) Social paradigms and parental involvement also influence literacy. Those surrounded by literacy-valuing cultures and who have literate parents are more likely to be literate themselves and access better opportunities.

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    1) Literacy levels are a key social and economic indicator that are linked to access to labor markets and quality of life. People with low literacy have restricted job opportunities and tend to work in physically demanding, low-paying jobs. 2) Factors like immigrant status, language familiarity, location, quality of education, and parental education can all impact an individual's literacy level. Immigrant youth and those from areas with unequal education systems tend to have lower literacy scores. 3) Social paradigms and parental involvement also influence literacy. Those surrounded by literacy-valuing cultures and who have literate parents are more likely to be literate themselves and access better opportunities.

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    1) Literacy levels are a key social and economic indicator that are linked to access to labor markets and quality of life. People with low literacy have restricted job opportunities and tend to work in physically demanding, low-paying jobs. 2) Factors like immigrant status, language familiarity, location, quality of education, and parental education can all impact an individual's literacy level. Immigrant youth and those from areas with unequal education systems tend to have lower literacy scores. 3) Social paradigms and parental involvement also influence literacy. Those surrounded by literacy-valuing cultures and who have literate parents are more likely to be literate themselves and access better opportunities.

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    What are some key social and economic indicators of literacy?

    The level of literacy is a key social and economic gauge of status– the development of our
    society relies on the majority’s level of literacy and is linked to your access to certain labor
    markets. However, external factors such as one’s location, access to education, social
    paradigms, and parental education may affect your level of literacy; and in turn, one’s social
    accessibility.

    People with low levels of literacy are restricted in labor markets

    Individuals with less experience tend to have lower-paying occupations. Employment


    projections for the foreseeable future predict a slim demand for jobs with lower-skilled workers
    and higher demands for professionals. Douglas states, “People with low levels of literacy are
    restricted in their access to certain labor markets, while those with high levels are more likely to
    obtain high-paying jobs.” Individuals who end up in labor markets that require little to no literacy
    tend to have physically taxing jobs that pay minimally. These conditions eventually lead the
    person to a lower quality of life, mental illnesses like depression and anxiety, lack of access to
    medical care, and no access to resources that they may need for survival. One who is unable to
    succeed or meet qualifications for advanced or professional fields has to settle with
    lower-paying jobs that may have earnings that aren't enough to support an average quality of
    life.

    What affects your literacy?

    Immigrant youth that are unfamiliar with the language that the test is being taken in tend to
    score substantially less than one who has spoken the language as their mother tongue. Data
    from the 1989 U.S. National Adult Literacy Study (NALS) and the 1994 International Adult
    Literacy Survey (IALS) prove that “recent immigrant youth scored considerably lower on the
    literacy tests than those who were native-born.” This doesn’t serve as much as a surprise, as
    immigrants have a significant disadvantage when it comes to schooling. They don’t have the
    benefit that a native speaker has, as one who’s new or unfamiliar with the language in which the
    test was conducted. Of course, the line between a native speaker and immigrant youth quickly
    thins after a few years, but there still is a substantial difference between a student who has
    taken the examination in a familiar language and one who has not. The distribution of literacy
    between certain areas globally is a considerable measure of one’s literacy as well. European
    countries dominate the survey results in this literacy study– it’s clear that Europe succeeds in
    achieving high literacy scores for their youth populations because they inculcate strong literacy
    skills in their students. Contrary to Europe’s scores, the United States and Canada lack behind.
    The text reads, “A typical Canadian youth, whose parents had completed high school, scored
    about the same on the prose and document tests as their counterparts in Germany and
    Switzerland, but considerably lower than those in Sweden and the Netherlands.” When the
    United States is thrown into this melting pot, it becomes very apparent that their skills rank
    behind European countries.
    Inequalities in education are also a plausible factor, but to what extent is education equal to all
    people? As such, we have to establish that education is not equitable, and some individuals
    may be provided with more opportunities to learn than others. Children that don’t have adequate
    education often don’t have other basic needs such as healthcare and other basic needs, and
    their low literacy from lack of education often puts them at a handicap for the remainder of their
    lives. There are societies that don’t provide our youth with free education, which often starts a
    poverty chain that is yet to be broken. Throughout the data, it’s stated that “quality of education
    available to minority youth, but also to generally fewer years of formal education they complete.”
    Youth that have abandoned their formal education also have lower literacy than average,
    causing further discrepancies in the working market.

    The social paradigms that surround the youth are also a key factor to pay interest to. Variables
    such as the values the youth is surrounded by will influence them and may contribute to their
    attained level of literacy. These paradigms are paramount to what they might attribute as
    ordinary in the future. An individual who learns to value literacy may score better than an
    individual who values their education less. Douglas provides, “Of course, daily literacy activities
    reflect an individual’s literacy culture in their personal lives, and as one would expect, reading
    books or newspaper or writing letters on a regular basis have a positive effect.” Individuals who
    develop healthy habits that include exercising one’s literacy may have higher levels of education
    and quality of life.

    Parental education also plays a major factor when it comes to proficiency in literacy. Data shows
    that “youth whose parents had only eight years of schooling scored about three years of formal
    schooling above the international average.” Parents who have intimate experience with literacy
    may positively influence their youth. Parents who serve as positive role models to their children
    can influence them into a lifelong engagement in literacy and lead their youth into better working
    climates.

    What did we learn?


    In order to live in a triumphant society, we should observe the factors stated previously and
    understand how they impact our growth. Such components as parental education, location,
    education quality, and our social paradigms all lead to higher or lower labor markets with higher
    emoluments, which then composes the development of our society based on the wealth and
    educational levels we hold. If one’s literacy levels maintain at a low level, then we’ll experience
    restrictions in our access to labor markets, and consequently, we’ll land in a hole of increased
    poverty rates and a declining economy.

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