Adult Literacy Estimates
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| State: Florida | Area Name: Highlands County | |
| Area Type: County | Region: South | Population Age 16+: 57,060 |
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| Mean Literacy Proficiency: 259 | Percent at Level 1: 27 | Percent at Level 1 or 2: 59 |
| 95% Confidence Interval: 254.09, 263.37 | 95% Confidence Interval: 23, 30.8 | 95% Confidence Interval: 53.8, 63.9 |
| Standard Error: 1.67 | Standard Error: 1.4 | Standard Error: 1.8 |
Census Predictors
(Based on 1990 U.S. Census Data)
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| Education | % |
|
Race/Ethnicity * | % |
| Education less than 9th grade: |
10 |
|
White: | 87 |
| Education between 9th and 12th grades: |
22 |
|
Black: |
10 |
| High school diploma or equivalent: |
35 |
|
Native American: |
1 |
| Received some college - no degree: |
18 |
|
Asian / Pacific Islander: |
0 |
| Received Associates Degree: |
5 |
|
Other race: |
2 |
| Received Bachelors Degree: |
7 |
|
| Attended graduate school: |
4 |
|
Recent Immigrant |
% |
|
Recent Immigrants: |
1 |
| English Proficiency |
% |
|
|
| Speak English very well: |
96 |
|
Weeks Worked |
% |
| Speak English well: |
2 |
|
Between 39 and 52 weeks: |
33 |
| Speak English not well or not at all: |
1 |
|
Between 26 and 39 weeks: |
4 |
|
|
Between 13 and 26 weeks: |
5 |
| Labor Force Status |
% |
|
Between 1 and 13 weeks: |
5 |
| Employed: |
39 |
|
Did not work: |
53 |
| Unemployed: |
3 |
|
| Not in the labor force: |
58 |
|
Work Disability | % |
|
|
% With work disability: |
19 |
| Occupation |
% |
| Professional, technical, managerial: |
23 |
| Sales, administrative assistant: |
30 |
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* Hispanic origin, a different Census variable, was not used as a predictor because its impact on literacy was captured by English proficiency and immigration variables. |
| Service: |
28 |
| Laborer: |
20 |