Case Study
Accessibility through design

Designing for people with poor numeracy

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What’s the extent of the problem?

(Financial Lives 2020 survey: the impact of coronavirus, by the Financial Conduct Authority, UK)

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What is the extent of the problem?

Roughly 4 out of 5 adults in the UK have a low level of numeracy

(Skills for Life 2011; PIAAC 2014; National Numeracy YouGov Survey 2014)

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Peoples’ actual numeracy level

of the UK, that’s 17.7 million adults, have poor or low levels of numeracy involving financial concepts.

that’s 22.9 million adults, are over-confident in their numeracy, and their actual level of numeracy is lower than they thought.

(Financial Lives 2020 survey: the impact of coronavirus, by the Financial Conduct Authority, UK)