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Learning a living : first results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey.

Title
Learning a living : first results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey.
Publication
Ottawa : Statistics Canada ; Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, c2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Statistics Canada
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Description
332 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Functional literacy
  • Life skills
  • Social surveys
Genre/Form
Statistics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The Why, What and How of the ALL Survey -- Comparative Profiles of Adult Skills -- Education and Skills -- Skills and Adult Learning -- Skills and the Labour Force -- Skills and the Nature of the Workplace -- Skills and Economic Outcomes -- Skills and Information and Communications Technologies -- Skills and Immigration -- Parental Education and Literacy Practice in Daily Life -- Skills and Health -- Conclusion -- 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 -- Annex C - Principal Participants of the Project.
ISBN
9264010386
OCLC
  • 60754111
  • SCSB-10653863
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library