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Table 3 An overview of the range and mean SMOG and Flesch Readability Ease scores for four countries

From: How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries

Country

Range and mean

SMOG

Flesch Reading Ease score

Flesch Readability ease

Australian Government

(n = 4)

Range:

Mean:

9–12

10.5 (Grade 11)

39–51.6

45.25

Fairly difficult to read -difficult to read

Difficult to read

Canadian Government

(n = 4)

Range:

Mean:

7.4–12

10.33(Grade 10)

40.1–59.5

49.38

Standard/average—Difficult to read

Difficult to read

UK Government

(n = 4)

Range:

Mean:

8.3–11.2

9.58(Grade 10)

52–63

55.95

Standard/average—Fairly difficult to read

Fairly difficult to read

French Government (n = 4)

Range:

Mean:

7.1–9.7

8.45(Grade 8)

49–65.6

57.2

Standard/average—Difficult to read

Fairly difficult to read

All webpages

(n = 16)

Range:

Mean:

7.1–12

9.71(Grade 10)

39–65.6

51.95

Standard/average—Difficult to read

Fairly difficult to read (10th–12th Grade)

  1. SMOG Simple Measure of Gobbledygook; UK United Kingdom