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61 percent of children growing up in low-income families have no books at home. First Book 168,000 U.S. high school graduates will forgo college this year solely for financial reasons. Harper's Magazine 1 in 3 women around the world cannot read or write. Women in Literacy American businesses lose over $60 billion in productivity each year due to employees' lack of basic reading skills. First Book 70% of prisoners cannot perform basic reading and writing tasks. International Literacy Network Access to printed materials has a greater affect on a child's literacy rates than their family's income. First Book 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. are not literate in English. Metro 50 percent of the world's illiterate people live in India and China. Rotary International More than 50 percent of Africans are illiterate. Rotary International More than 130 million school-age children are not attending school. International Literacy Network |
