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| dc.contributor.author | Bingham, Elizabeth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-15T17:12:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-15T17:12:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4113 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Access to literature is instrumental in the enhancement of literacy. Areas suffering from poverty, lack of transportation, and little to no access to public resources such as public libraries are shown to have a lower educational attainment level. These distressed areas are in dire need of resources that offer free literature to aid in the promotion of their literacy rate. Improved literacy aides in economic growth, reduction in poverty, and reduction of crime. This research will study the poverty levels along with educational obtainment levels for all 159 counties located within Georgia but will give additional attention to Lowndes County. First, an examination of all counties in Georgia will be used to demonstrate the correlation between poverty and low educational attainment. Second, census tracts of Lowndes County, Georgia will be used to ascertain the areas highest in poverty and lacking private or public transportation. Third, the study will explore the locations of public libraries in Lowndes County, Georgia to ascertain if the placement of these public resources are accessible to those areas displaying the highest poverty level and with no access to public or private transportation. | en_US |
| dc.title | Literacy: The Dilemma Impoverished Areas Face | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
