Question

How does a country's literacy rate affect the standard of living? Choose the best answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) A high literacy rate increases the standard of living.

Explanation:

The literacy rate shows how many people are able to read, write, and comprehend the written material. The literacy rate of the country depends a lot on the standard of living. Those who are not literate can’t peruse high education and find a well-paid job, so they are most likely to live in poverty.

It also prevents the country to have more people working jobs that better the living standard such as professors, doctors, economists, scientists, etc. These jobs are vital to the country's development. If people are not educated, they can’t add up to the growth of the country and its economy. Therefore, the standard of life will be lower when there are more illiterate people, and higher when the literacy rate is high.