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New Literacy Statistics Just Dropped, and it's grim. 50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels
(www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com)
The source seems extremely dubious with seemingly no way to see how they conducted the study and where they pulled the numbers from ~~, and some of the points are not very well worded especially in their 2024 study, there the first 2 lines are:~~
~~"On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024. 21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024."~~
~~Granted, English isn't my first language but those statements just seem contradictory. "U.S. adults nationwide" and "adults in the US" seems like the exact same thing, unless someone can correct me.~~ Turns out I'm the one who can't read, thought both examples used "illiterate" rather than "literate and illiterate"
Comment sections are also filled by bots so that doesn't give that much confidence either.
If 21 % can't read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.
Besides that, I agree. No sources is a no go and no moderated comments is a fucking biohazard.
Seems like I can't read myself, I thought both said illiterate. My mistake.
No worries. I heard it a more common problem then one would think.