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Skills Matter

Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

In the wake of the technological revolution that began in the last decades of the 20th century, labour-market demand for information-processing and other high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills have been growing substantially. Based on the results from the 33 countries and regions that participated in the 1st and 2nd round of the Survey of Adult Skills in 2011-12 and in 2014-15, this report describes adults’ proficiency in three information-processing skills, and examines how proficiency is related to labour-market and social outcomes. It also places special emphasis on the results from the 3rd and final round of the first cycle of PIAAC in 2017-18, which included 6 countries (Ecuador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Peru and the United States). The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), was designed to provide insights into the availability of some of these key skills in society and how they are used at work and at home. The first survey of its kind, it directly measures proficiency in three information-processing skills: literacy, numeracy and problem-solving in technology-rich environments.

Published on November 15, 2019Also available in: French

In series:OECD Skills Studiesview more titles

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Reader’s Guide
Executive Summary
Overview
Adults’ proficiency in key information-processing skills
The socio-demographic distribution of key information-processing skills
Use of skills in everyday life and at work
The outcomes of investments in skills
Skills Matter: Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills Tables of results
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