Women's Literacy Power: Collaborative Approaches to Developing and Distributing Women's Literacy Resources

Appendix Stats

 

Who Participated in the Learner Conversation Circles
(Spring 2001)

Total for all sites combined

Number of adult learners who participated All participants volunteered by agreement All participants were women	52 adult learners  100% women
Types of programs	* GED * Adult Basic Education * Parenting classes * Skills Enhancement * Workplace training program * ESL * Popular education
Number of participating programs Location of programs     Three (3) of the women learners had participated in conversations sponsored at two different conferences	7 programs & 2 conferences 5 - Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul) 1 - Massachusetts (Fall River) 1 - Maryland (Baltimore) 3rd International Women & Literacy Conference (Atlanta, GA - January, 2001)  Partners in Literacy Conference (Brooklyn Center, MN - April, 2001)
Age (This information is not exact. Many women did not give their age. Some of this information is based on various observations made by the facilitator.)	Age range 18-55 *because of the programs involved, it IS known that all participants had to be at least 18 years of age
Race & Ethnicity (This information is not exact. Many women did not give their place of birth or race & ethnicity. Some of this information is based on various observations made by the facilitator.)	African American -  24  (46%) European American  - 14   (27%) Mixed race -   2 (4%) Immigrant women - 12   (23%) (2 from African continent; 2 from Asian continent; 8 from Central & South American)
Parents Not all women who participated said if they were parents. This is the minimum number of mothers.	25 (48%) (1 woman said she was pregnant)