Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f0UIxi929848; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:59:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:59:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NDBBKNOLGLDNLBPDOLFCCEHLCPAA.sandras@u.washington.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sandra Smith" <sandras@u.washington.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2827] global literacy rate? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1255 Lines: 56 Many of you have seen circulating on the Internet or in newspapers a breakdown of the world's population as a representative sample of 100. (In case not, see below.) The piece says, among other things, of the 100 people in the represenative global village, 70 would be illterate - that is, unable to read. Can anyone confirm this, and/or provide a source? Thanks, ahead. SS "If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, there would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere, both N and S 8 Africans 52 females 48 males 70 non-white 30 white 70 non-Christian 30 Christian 80 heterosexual 11 homosexual 6 would possess 59% of the wealth-all would be from the US 80 would live in substandard housing 70 would be unable to read (represents 2 billion people) 50 would be malnourished 1 would have a college education 1 would have a computer" Source?? Sandra Smith, MPH, CHES Health Education Specialist University of Washington Center for Health Education & Research Clinical Instructor, Health Services Dept Editor, Beginnings: A Practical Guide through Pregnancy Editor, http://www.PrenatalEd.com Mailing Address: 2821 2nd Ave #1601 Seattle WA 98121 206-441-7046 sandras@u.washington.edu
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