Learning a living [electronic resource]: first results of the adult literacy and life skills survey /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Statistics Canada.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2005.
Based on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted in Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Mexico (Nuevo Leon), Norway, and the United States of America in 2003 and 2004, this book presents an initial set of findings that shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss. The book opens with an explanation of the goals and conceptual approach of the survey and comparative profiles of adult skills in participating countries. It then looks at the relationship between education and skills and adult learning and skills. Additional chapters compare the employability of younger and older populations in participating countries, skills and economic outcomes, skills and information and communications technologies, skills and immigration, the effects of parental education on skills, and the effect of skills on health.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Skills and the Nature of the Workplace -- Skills and the Labour Force -- Skills and Information and Communications Technologies -- Skills and Adult Learning -- Skills and Immigration -- Parental Education and Literacy Practice in Daily Life -- Skills and Economic Outcomes -- Skills and Health -- The Why, What and How of the ALL Survey -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Annex A - A Construct-Centered Approach to Understanding What was Measured in the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey -- Annex B - Literacy and Life Skills Survey -- Education and Skills -- Annex C - Principal Participants of the Project -- Comparative Profiles of Adult Skills.
Based on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted in Bermuda, Canada, Italy, Mexico (Nuevo Leon), Norway, and the United States of America in 2003 and 2004, this book presents an initial set of findings that shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss. The book opens with an explanation of the goals and conceptual approach of the survey and comparative profiles of adult skills in participating countries. It then looks at the relationship between education and skills and adult learning and skills. Additional chapters compare the employability of younger and older populations in participating countries, skills and economic outcomes, skills and information and communications technologies, skills and immigration, the effects of parental education on skills, and the effect of skills on health.
Functional literacy.
Life skills.
Social surveys.