Data from IALSS and PALS allowed us to examine literacy and disability by several different demographic characteristics - most noteably age, sex, immigration, education, labour force, and income.

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Select Less Than Grade 9 Education Through the Life Cycle Low Prose Literacy & Life Cycle Low Document Literacy & Life Cycle Low Numeracy Literacy & Life Cycle Low Problem Solving Literacy & Life Cycle Disability Rate Over the Life Cycle People with Disabilities by Age Group Age of Onset Age of Onset Comparison Between 1991 & 2001 Low Informal Learning by Age Group Low Civic Engagement by Age Group Need & Use of Technical Aids by Age Group

Select Low Literacy in Men Low Literacy in Women Difference in Low Literacy Between Men & Women Population & Disability Distribution by Sex Age of Onset, Men Age of Onset, Women Adults with Disability with Less Than Grade 9 Education by Sex Sex & Disability Status for People Not in the Labour Force

Select Low Literacy & Immigrants Immigrants with Low Prose Literacy Immigrants with Disabilities Low Civic Engagement Low Engagement at Work & in Society for Immigrants

Select Less Than Grade 9 Education Less Than Grade 9 Education Through the Life Cycle Educational Attainment Low Literacy & Less Than High School Education Less Than High School Education & Low Prose Literacy Less Than Grade 9 Education for People With & Without Disabilities Disabilities & Less Than Grade 9 Education Educational Attainment for People with Disabilities Educational Attainment for People without Disabilities Adults with Disability with Less Than Grade 9 Education by Sex Adults with Disability by Labour Force Status with Less Than Grade 9 Education Low Civic Engagement Low Engagement at Work & Less Than High School Education Low Engagement at Work & University Education Financial Barriers per Person with Disability Structural Barriers per Person with Disability Environment, Transportation, School & Work (RBAI) Transportation Barriers per Person with Disability

Select Low Literacy & Not in Labour Force Low Literacy & in Labour Force Not in Labour Force & Low Literacy Not in the Labour Force & Disability Adults with Disabilities who are Active in the Labour Force Sex & Disability Status for People Not in the Labour Force Hearing, Seeing, & Mobility Disability & Not Active in the Labour Force Adults with Disability by Labour Force Status with Less Than Grade 9 Education Low Civic Engagement Community Attitudes, Transportation & Work (RBAI) Personal Belief Barriers to Employment (RBAI) Structural Barriers to Employment (RBAI) Structural Barriers per Person with Disability Environment, Transportation, School & Work (RBAI) Transportation Barriers per Person with Disability

Select Individual Income Income & Low Prose Literacy % of Adults with Low Income who have Low Literacy % of Adults with Low Literacy who Earn Less Than $5,000 Income & Disability Income & No Disability Low Civic Engagement Low Informal Learning & Income Low Civic Engagement & Income