NationMaster - Scatterplot: Education > Young longtext readers vs Labor

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.436 (this correlation is weak)

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Variable:	Education > Young longtext readers	Labor > Working time to buy beef
Plot Display:	Logarithmic (base 10)	Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition:	Share of 15-year-olds who are frequent longtext readers(2000)	Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy one kilo of beef. The comparison of income levels only becomes meaningful if the cost of buying the necessities and luxuries of life is also considered.
Source:	OECD	International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)
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