Research abstract

The Chore Of Reading

Half of the Americans that are not employed between the age of 16 and 21 are not literate.

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Reading is not something that needs to be a chore and there is an app that magically makes any text into suitable audio for people that wants to listen to it. Half of Americans that are unemployed between the ages of 16 and 21 are not literate. There is also a correlation between life success and reading as the numbers show the richer people in the world are literate and more than three times likely to read than others.

Key takeaways

  1. It is very important to read and that is very well documented.
  2. There is a correlation between how much you read and your income level.
  3. The riches Americans are more likely to read than the poorer ones.

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