{"id":3451,"date":"2018-03-02T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T16:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T17:49:10","slug":"how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2018\/03\/02\/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/\">World Book day was celebrated on Thursday<\/a><b><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <\/b><span style=\"color: #000000\">What are the benefits of reading?\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readingagency.org.uk\/about\/impact\/002-reading-facts-1\/\">The Reading Agency<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts on\u00a0children.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\nThe National Literacy Trust\u00a0has produced an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/research-services\/research-reports\/literacy-and-life-expectancy\/\"> interesting study on the link between literacy and life expectancy<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8211; eg.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> &#8216;A boy born in Stockton Town Centre (which has some of the most serious literacy challenges in the country) has a life expectancy 26.1 years shorter than a boy born in North Oxford (which has some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/research-services\/research-reports\/\">of the fewest literacy challenges).&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/research-services\/research-reports\/\">Many other research reports on literacy levels and reading skills <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">can also be downloaded from their website. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Search for more articles and books on literacy using the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/unesco\/resources\/online-materials\/publications\/unesdoc-database\/\">UNESDOC database<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The IOE UK <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dera.ioe.ac.uk\/\">Digital Education Repository Archive <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">(DERA) is a digital archive of documents published electronically by government and other relevant bodies in the areas of education, training, children and families.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading?\u00a0 The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts on\u00a0children. 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