Arlene Fingeret
Social Network: A New Perspective on Independence and Illiterate Adults
study explores social structures illiterate adults create relationship notions dependence independence indepth unstructured interviews participantobservation used 43 adults mediumsized northeastern urban setting analysis shows illiterate adults create social networks include readers characterized mutuality illiterate adults contribute range skills networks see interdependent networks related extent illiterate adults involved larger society ranges extensive cosmopolitans minimal local adults dependent adults networks characterized asymmetrical relationships literacy programs must learn respond adultsinnetworks