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• jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I check on this. So first thing I found, literacy rates and average reading age are different things. Literacy rate, able to read at all, is clearly tracked and both countries are like 99%. Reading age seams really mushy. If you can get some numbers, please share!

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh I couldn’t get any hard data on reading age for the UK. Search engines are trash now.

    I bet it’s out there, but I don’t have the time to search to settle a Lemmy debate.

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    • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You mean you don’t just trust the AI summaries?

      18% or 21% sounds like a lot of people.

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      • brownsugga@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Closest I could find for UK

        literacytrust.org.uk/…/adult-literacy/

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      • brownsugga@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This is for the US only, unfortunately, but it substantiates my claim, according to this article 54% read below 6th grade level but the “average” American reads at 7-8th grade level

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