Adult Literacy Estimates
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| State: Florida | Area Name: Palm Beach County | |
| Area Type: County | Region: South | Population Age 16+: 711,157 |
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| Mean Literacy Proficiency: 271 | Percent at Level 1: 22 | Percent at Level 1 or 2: 48 |
| 95% Confidence Interval: 267.69, 275.13 | 95% Confidence Interval: 19.4, 24.7 | 95% Confidence Interval: 43.4, 51.8 |
| Standard Error: 1.34 | Standard Error: 1 | Standard Error: 1.5 |
Census Predictors
(Based on 1990 U.S. Census Data)
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| Education | % |
|
Race/Ethnicity * | % |
| Education less than 9th grade: |
7 |
|
White: | 85 |
| Education between 9th and 12th grades: |
15 |
|
Black: |
12 |
| High school diploma or equivalent: |
30 |
|
Native American: |
0 |
| Received some college - no degree: |
21 |
|
Asian / Pacific Islander: |
2 |
| Received Associates Degree: |
6 |
|
Other race: |
1 |
| Received Bachelors Degree: |
14 |
|
| Attended graduate school: |
7 |
|
Recent Immigrant |
% |
|
Recent Immigrants: |
3 |
| English Proficiency |
% |
|
|
| Speak English very well: |
94 |
|
Weeks Worked |
% |
| Speak English well: |
3 |
|
Between 39 and 52 weeks: |
47 |
| Speak English not well or not at all: |
3 |
|
Between 26 and 39 weeks: |
5 |
|
|
Between 13 and 26 weeks: |
6 |
| Labor Force Status |
% |
|
Between 1 and 13 weeks: |
5 |
| Employed: |
54 |
|
Did not work: |
37 |
| Unemployed: |
3 |
|
| Not in the labor force: |
43 |
|
Work Disability | % |
|
|
% With work disability: |
12 |
| Occupation |
% |
| Professional, technical, managerial: |
31 |
| Sales, administrative assistant: |
31 |
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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: |
26 |
| Laborer: |
12 |