As part of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) of 1992, the National Center for Education Statistics published a separate study that focuses on the literacy skills of older adults (aged 60 years and older) from a variety of perspectives, such as age, sex, amount of education, race or ethnic background, income, and geographic region. Some of the findings are as follows: (1) at least 60 percent of the respondents scored low in literacy proficiency; (2) the older the respondents, the lower the proficiency level; (3) the most educated had the highest literacy scores; (4) the oldest adults were the most likely not to have earned a high school diploma or its equivalent; (5) older adults are more likely to volunteer their time and to vote than younger adults, and those who did so scored significantly higher in literacy proficiency; (6) older adults rely more heavily on newspapers, magazines, and television for information, whereas younger adults rely more on radio and other family members; (7) older adults are less likely to read or write letters or memos; and (8) the average proficiencies of older adults in the South were highest among the four geographic regions. (KC)