1. Literacy, Age and Recentness of Education Among Nordic Adults
- Author
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Sari Sulkunen and Antero Malin
- Subjects
reading literacy ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Adult population ,Performance gap ,050105 experimental psychology ,Literacy ,lukeminen ,Education ,Developmental psychology ,recentness of education ,Adult literacy ,Mathematics education ,ta516 ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,aikuiset ,media_common ,Scope (project management) ,PISA-tutkimus ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,Regression analysis ,Educational attainment ,Reading literacy ,age ,lukutaito ,Psychology ,ikä ,0503 education ,PIAAC 2012 - Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between reading literacy and age in an adult population aged 25 to 65 in Nordic countries using PIAAC 2012 data. More specifically, the study examined to what extent variations in the literacy proficiency of adults are explained by age and the recentness of qualifications when variables related to education, occupation, and skill use are controlled. The statistical method was regression analysis. The recentness of education explained only a part of the performance gap between the oldest adults and others. The significance of the length and scope of initial education in developing literacy proficiency overall, is difficult to compensate. There were insignificant differences between the Nordic countries. peerReviewed
- Published
- 2018