Does Numeracy Matter? : Evidence from the National Child Development Study on the Impact of Poor Numeracy on Adult Life / John Bynner and Samantha Parsons.

Data were obtained from the National Child Development Study (NCDS), a large-scale longitudinal study in the United Kingdom following up a sample of people born in a single week in 1958 through to adult life, to demonstrate that poor numeracy skills have a major impact. At age 37, a 10 percent sampl...

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Main Authors: Bynner, John
Parsons, Samantha (Author)
Corporate Author: Basic Skills Agency, London (England)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997.
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Physical Description:53 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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