Digital skill gaps among U.S. workers are pronounced by race, while over 90 percent of jobs demand digital skills¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Per a 2020 National Skills Coalition study cited in the report, half of Black workers and 57 percent of Latino/e workers have limited or no digital skills, compared to nine percent of white workers. → nsc-1

Evidence¶

nsc-1¶

Jackson, J., Starr, J., and Weaver, D. (2024, August). A Framework for Digital Equity. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/223

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The report attributes these figures to a 2020 National Skills Coalition study, also noting 41 percent of white workers are advanced versus 13 percent of Black and 17 percent of Latino/e workers. No effect size is printed.

"According to a 2020 study from the National Skills Coalition, half of Black workers and 57 percent of Latino/e workers have limited or no digital skills, compared to nine percent of white workers."

Discussion¶

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