Dutch literacy

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Dutch literacy

I was wondering, where thus paradox get there numbers from??

GC : 28%
1861 : 32%
1881 : 36%
1914 : 77%

I’m a history student and last period we looked at the “unification of the Netherlands”, literacy was one of the things we handeld.

Some figures.
The percentages of men with were checked if they were fit for military service / conscription (in those days everybody was checked) and couldn’t reed or write:

1850 : 26.1% couldn’t, so 73.9% could
1875 : 13.5% couldn’t, so 86.5% could
1900 : 2.8% couldn’t, so 97.2% could

In 1630 the government ordered that every parent should sent there kids to school to learn to reed and write.
In 1730 the government made it obligatory.
This was for boys and girls.

So I was wondering, where thus paradox get those, in my opinion, wrong and low numbers from?

Thanks

 

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I guess they include the literacy of the people in colonies as well. Dutch's literacy may be high but most people in 'netherlands' in 19th century are asians.

 

[Derek Pullem]

See also the low literacy for UK

 

[Radbod]

That could be, but for example: the voting right only applies for the European population, can someone please answer this?
Butt still, this wouldn’t be write, literacy affects the technology / research points gained.
Then country’s without colonies ( Denmark / Sweden ) would be better of than country’s with colonies ( England / Netherlands ), and I can’t belief that was the case, just the other way around!

 

[Belissarius]

That could be, but for example: the voting right only applies for the European population, can someone please answer this?
Butt still, this wouldn’t be write, literacy affects the technology / research points gained.
Then country’s without colonies ( Denmark / Sweden ) would be better of than country’s with colonies ( England / Netherlands ), and I can’t belief that was the case, just the other way around!

That is the case which is why i believe that England starts the game with 50 research points to compinsate for this game mechanic that hurts colonial empires but as your colonial populations will help you more in the end when they are educated. So those 50 points help to even things out. Perhaps the Dutch should be given the same compensation. So as you educate your colonies you increase the strength of your empire.

This solution (which i believe paradox saw in advance) is to allow the colonies to support the mother nation in ways other than just resources and still not hamper the empire with their lowered literacy rates compared to their other european counterparts. I'm not sure what the starting Research points for the neatherlands is but if its greater than 0 than thats likely the reason as all the germanic states that I've played (5) have, as does pretty much every other nation i've played actually.

 

[Radbod]

Hi, thanks for explaining.

I looked in to the scenario file of Holland for research points but there are none. So that means that GB is "corrected" but NL isn't, that doesn’t seem right….
But the funny thing is Sweden gets 5 points, wait a moment, isn’t it a Swedish game…………...

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