Claim: Poor numeracy skills leave people twice as likely to be unemployed as those with competent numeracy.
Fact-check: The numbers behind the PM's maths claims fact checked - Full Fact
Verdict: this appears to be based on a 2005 study which found that at the age of 30, men and women with poor numeracy were more than twice as likely to be unemployed as those with competent numeracy. the research showed a correlation between poor numeracy and unemployment, but not a causative link.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-04-21T00:00:00