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... literacy relative to 1891 and 1901, it follows that equation (7) provides the most reliable estimate of the path of total literacy growth. To calculate the literacy rate in Table 4 the population base employed is that aged 10 and more ...
... literacy relative to 1891 and 1901, it follows that equation (7) provides the most reliable estimate of the path of total literacy growth. To calculate the literacy rate in Table 4 the population base employed is that aged 10 and more ...
Page 23
... literacy rate — the net growth of literates. In fact, it was only among the children on the Eastern Avalon that gains were made in the literacy rate, which was negative in the Bays and therefore unchanged in the country as a whole. This ...
... literacy rate — the net growth of literates. In fact, it was only among the children on the Eastern Avalon that gains were made in the literacy rate, which was negative in the Bays and therefore unchanged in the country as a whole. This ...
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... literate than the surrounding countryside and the more traditional market towns, because literacy was irrelevant to many of the new industrial occupations.50 In the commercial sectors of the economy, however, literacy was required, and ...
... literate than the surrounding countryside and the more traditional market towns, because literacy was irrelevant to many of the new industrial occupations.50 In the commercial sectors of the economy, however, literacy was required, and ...
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