Which effect does an increase in a country’s literacy rate have on the people who live there?

Literacy rate is an indicator of the economic situation in a country. An increase in literacy rate can reduce economic inequality and income disparity and it also provides better employment prospects and leads to decreased population growth rate thus the country's resources are shared among less people.

Health is also affected by literacy rates. There are studies that show a correlation between high literacy rates and lower infant mortality rates. Adults have more ability and knowledge to seek out medical treatment for their families, as well as in their reproductive behavior which include increased contraceptive use, resulting in more visits to the general doctor as opposed to emergency specialized visits.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.