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The analysis reveals the presence of significant literacy skill loss in adulthood, loss that would seem to be concentrated in adults from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

A plausible explanation for the skill loss in Canada is that, on average, people lose skills as they age, and Canada has an aging population.

Several factors can reduce the magnitude of losses, according to the study. For example, exposure to education appears to have a positive impact on keeping literacy skills. Individuals with a university degree had average scores that were about 30 points higher than those of secondary school graduates.

One of Bauerlein's main contentions: kids are, well, in his words, becoming dumber because what they are doing outside of school is not reading (and, by not reading I mean seriously not reading. No one is asking for a 150 page non-fiction book a week here. Kids are seriously ignoring books). Instead, they engage in media and Web 2.0 connections (with one another).

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