Sentence examples for poor literacy levels from inspiring English sources

This demonstrates only too well just how "poor" literacy levels are in Britain, compared with 20 other countries.

The legal system, it appears, is simply not geared to the needs of deaf people – Rob Wilks says deaf people who use BSL as a first language often have poor literacy levels (the average reading age for deaf school leavers is 8-9 years).

The Gruffalo author is joined by Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, David Walliams and others in raising concerns about the connection between malnourishment and poor literacy levels ahead of the G8 global nutrition summit in London on 8 June.

Furthermore, the OECD Skills Survey from 2012 found that one in six individuals in Denmark has a poor literacy level [ 33] and Denmark ranged below otherwise comparable Nordic countries as Norway and Sweden [ 34].

Lago Agrio, home of the biggest environmental lawsuit in history, is poor in literacy levels, and basic needs.

This is further pronounced in Canadian seniors, with more than 80%% having poor health literacy levels [ 13, 14].

Although the response to the baseline questionnaire was high (77%) some groups, such as those with poor literacy skills, lower levels of formal education or non-English language speakers may be under-represented amongst responders, affecting the generalisability of our findings.

Over the years, some rural areas have been reclassified as urban, although they still bear the unfavorable characteristics of rural areas, including poor infrastructure, inadequate transportation, low literacy levels, and low social status, among others.

As a matter of fact, all children that could not complete PedsQL™ 4.0 lived below the poverty line and both children and parents who were poor and had low literacy levels were more likely to require help with the instrument.

The main implications of these findings are that in order to use PedsQL™ in our public health setting, availability of trained interviewers during questionnaire administration needs to be assured, especially for children and parents who are poor and have low literacy levels.

People with a learning disability, low literacy levels or poor IT skills are particularly at risk.