Functional reading difficulties in Denmark |
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| Authors: | Carsten Elbro Susan Møller Elisabeth Munk Nielsen |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of General and Applied Linguistics, University of Copenhagen, 86 Njalsgade, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | In this first Danish study of adult reading skills, 1124 adults between 18 and 67 years of age participated in an interview
about reading habits and skills, and 445 were tested individually at home using six common texts. Great care was taken to
ascertain that subjects were representative of the whole adult population and that the texts covered most types of everyday
reading. Three percent of the participants were found to have severe functional reading difficulties and a further 9 percent
to have moderate difficulties. Regression analyses found several unique predictors of reading difficulties: age (adults over
45 years reading more poorly than younger adults), limited basic education, no vocational training nor higher education, and
a small amount of reading needed at work. The rate of poor readers was about four times higher among persons with low income
than among others. Men and women read equally well although men tended to rate themselves lower as readers than women did.
Methodological issues and some educational implications are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Functional reading ability Literacy Perceived reading difficulties Readability |
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