Illiteracy tends to be an intergenerational problem and can be caused by the inability of …show more content…
For example, because literacy is an important aspect of becoming educated politically, societies with significant illiterate populations also tend to suffer from a lack of democracy and meaningful political participation by the public (Rodriguez and Rodriguez 8). Similarly, because literacy enables people to be taught concepts about health and hygiene, societies with high levels of illiteracy have greater risk for the spread of communicable diseases (Gupta and Kumar 282). Some studies have found a direct correlation between literacy rates and life expectancy (Messias