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Literacy patterns of production workers in small manufacturing companies in the Oklahoma city metroplex
Author(s) -
Green Gary,
Sloan Bobby R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.3920050306
Subject(s) - literacy , sample (material) , psychology , reading comprehension , descriptive statistics , production (economics) , reading (process) , medical education , operations management , demography , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economics , political science , chemistry , chromatography , macroeconomics , law
The purpose of this research was to describe patterns of literacy found in the workplace of small manufacturing companies in the Oklahoma City area. Sixty‐five representative workers were selected from eight small manufacturing companies in the Oklahoma City area, and the Screening Battery of the Adult Basic Learning Examination (ABLE) was administered. A questionnaire requesting age, gender, education, work experience, and job requirements was also applied. Grade‐level equivalents of ABLE scores were calculated, and descriptive and correlational statistics were generated. The sample group had an average age of 31.7 years, an educational level of 11.5 years, and an average income of $14,604 per year. The grade equivalents of the ABLE scores were 7.6 for reading comprehension and 8.9 for problem solving. The sample produced 21.5 percent as illiterate, 17.7 percent as functionally literate, and 60.7 percent as literate.