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ERIC Number: EJ578793
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1441-0559
"Invention within Limits": Numeracy Practices of Young Unemployed People.
Baynham, Mike; Johnston, Betty
Literacy and Numeracy Studies, v8 n1 p51-65 1998
Discussions of numeracy practices with unemployed people ages 14-26 indicated that their problems with literacy and numeracy, especially in job seeking and money management, were not recognized. The complex, socially constructed functions of numeracy in their lives should be taken into account in policy and practice. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Money Management, Numeracy, Unemployment, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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