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    • 1. Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
      Table: 81-582-X
      Description: The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) draws from a wide variety of data sources to provide information on the school-age population, elementary, secondary and postsecondary education, transitions, and labour market outcomes.

      PCEIP products include tables, fact sheets, reports and a methodological handbook. They present indicators for all of Canada, the provinces, the territories, as well as selected international comparisons and comparisons over time.

      The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) is an ongoing initiative of the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada that provides a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada.

      Release date: 2024-03-28
    • 2. Education Indicators in Canada: Fact Sheet
      Journals and periodicals: 81-599-X
      Geography: Canada
      Description: The fact sheets in this series provide an "at-a-glance" overview of particular aspects of education in Canada and summarize key data trends in selected tables published as part of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP).

      The PCEIP mission is to publish a set of statistical measures on education systems in Canada for policy makers, practitioners and the general public to monitor the performance of education systems across jurisdictions and over time. PCEIP is a joint venture of Statistics Canada and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC).

      Release date: 2023-06-21
    • 3. Study: Does reading proficiency at age 15 affect employment earnings in young adulthood? Archived
      Stats in brief: 11-001-X201929020844
      Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
      Release date: 2019-10-17
    • 4. Overqualification, skills and job satisfaction Archived
      Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114655
      Description:

      Based on a self-reported measure of overqualification, this article examines the association between overqualification and skills among workers aged 25 to 64 with a university degree, using data from the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This article also examines the extent to which overqualified workers are dissatisfied with their jobs. Overqualified workers are defined in this study as university-educated workers who reported that they were in a job requiring no more than a high school education.

      Release date: 2016-09-14
    • 5. Women and Education: Qualifications, Skills and Technology Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114640
      Description:

      Women have become increasingly well-educated, and today their share in the Canadian labour market is larger than ever. This chapter of Women in Canada examines women’s educational experiences, with a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science) education and skills. Topics include a profile of women’s education in Canada, the skills of young girls and women, field-of-study patterns at the postsecondary level, and labour market outcomes, including earnings.

      Release date: 2016-07-06
    • 6. Study: Literacy and numeracy among off-reserve First Nations people and Métis 2012 Archived
      Stats in brief: 11-001-X201613914401
      Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
      Release date: 2016-05-18
    • 7. Literacy and numeracy among off-reserve First Nations people and Métis: Do higher skill levels improve labour market outcomes? Archived
      Articles and reports: 75-006-X201600114630
      Description:

      This article examines the literacy and numeracy skills of off reserve First Nations and Métis adults aged 25 to 65, focusing on the factors and labour market outcomes associated with higher skill levels. In this study, individuals in the higher range for literacy and numeracy are defined as those who scored level 3 or higher (out of 5 levels) in tests administered by the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

      Release date: 2016-05-18
    • 8. Study: The association between skills and low income 2012 Archived
      Stats in brief: 11-001-X201605513942
      Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
      Release date: 2016-02-24
    • 9. Study: Women in Canada: First Nations, Métis and Inuit women Archived
      Stats in brief: 11-001-X201605413681
      Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
      Release date: 2016-02-23
    • 10. First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114313
      Description:

      The chapter entitled "Women in Canada: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women" explores the diverse circumstances and experiences of Aboriginal women in Canada. Overall, the chapter highlights demographic characteristics, families, housing, knowledge of Aboriginal languages, employment, income, education, and health. Where appropriate, comparisons have been made between the Aboriginal female population and the non-Aboriginal female population as well as the Aboriginal female population and Aboriginal male population. Wherever possible, information is provided for First Nations, Métis and Inuit women separately.

      Release date: 2016-02-23
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    • 31. Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey Archived
      Journals and periodicals: 89-603-X
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      "Learning a living: First results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey" presents new evidence on the nature and magnitude of the literacy gaps faced by OECD countries and how these gaps have evolved over the medium term.

      The fundamental goal of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) is to shed new light on the twin processes of skill gain and loss. The survey is sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

      The report offers new insights into the factors that influence the formation and loss of adult skills in various settings - at home and at work - for the seven countries participating in the first round of data collection. The study offers the first comparative evidence on the impact of formal adult education and informal learning on the supply of skill. It also provides unique insight into the distribution of information and communication technology skills, and how these have amplified both productivity and wage inequality.

      It is meant to assist decision makers in formulating policy in four areas:-Policies aimed at removing skill deficits that act as barriers to innovation, productivity and high rates of economic growth;-Policies designed to limit and reverse social exclusion and income inequality; -Policies that seek to reduce the unit cost of delivering public health care and education services;-Policies conceived to improve quality in all spheres, from public services to quality of life, individual fulfillment and happiness.

      Release date: 2005-05-11
    • 32. The Effect of Literacy on Immigrant Earnings Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-552-M2004012
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This monograph series features detailed studies from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) database by Canadian and U.S. literacy scholars and experts. Monographs focus on current policy issues and cover topics such as adult training, literacy skill match and mismatch in the workplace, seniors' literacy skills and health as well as literacy and economic security.

      Release date: 2004-09-07
    • 33. Literacy Scores, Human Capital and Growth Across Fourteen OECD Countries Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-552-M2004011
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This paper develops a measure of investment in education from the literacy level of labour market entrants, using the 1994 International Adult Literacy Survey.

      Release date: 2004-06-22
    • 34. Literacy Skills, Occupational Assignment and the Returns to Over- and Under-education Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-552-M2001009
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This study compares the pattern of returns to the education required by an individual's job, including education beyond and below that level, to patterns in other countries. It explores the relationship between literacy skills and the educational requirements of an individual's job.

      Release date: 2002-01-25
    • 35. Adult Education Participation in North America: International Perspectives Archived
      Journals and periodicals: 89-574-X
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was a 22-country study conducted between 1994 and 1998. In every country nationally representative samples of adults aged 16-65 were interviewed and assessed at home. The goals of the survey were to create comparable literacy profiles across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries and to study the factors that influence literacy proficiency. One factor in particular was singled out for attention, namely the role of adult education and training in improving literacy skills and wider labor market outcomes. The monograph series includes studies by literacy scholars and experts drawing on the IALS database. This particular monograph was funded by the United States Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Other studies in the series were funded primarily by Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada.

      Today the capacity of labor markets, firms and individuals to adjust to change, improve productivity and capitalize on technological innovation depends in large measure on the skills of the adult population. Improving the stock of skills available to the economy through investment in adult education and workplace learning is therefore an issue of considerable strategic importance.

      This monograph presents 15 international indicators that allow readers to compare the volume of adult education participation in North America with that of other advanced industrialized nations. The data offer a comparative snapshot of the total adult education effort as well as the social distribution of adult education opportunities in the mid to late 1990s. The findings generally suggest that both Canada and the United States have mature adult education and training markets. However, the findings also indicate that there are major differences among countries in who gets trained, and how much. On most measures North America finds itself in an average position, ahead of emerging economies but behind the Nordic countries.

      Release date: 2001-09-07
    • 36. A Report on Adult Education and Training in Canada: Learning a Living Archived
      Journals and periodicals: 81-586-X
      Description:

      In today's emerging knowledge societies, the capacity of labour markets, firms and individuals to adjust to change, improve productivity and capitalize on technological innovation depends in large measure on the skills of the adult population. Improving the stock of skills available to the economy through investment in adult education and workplace learning has therefore become an issue of considerable strategic importance. But how are the Canadian markets for adult education and training evolving?

      This report presents, for the first time, evidence on the development of adult education and training in Canada during the last decade. Examined are not only broad trends in the demand and supply of adult education, but also the factors contributing to observed developments. Survey data collected in 1998 allow readers to gauge the current situation and make comparisons over time and across Canadian provinces. The findings indicate, first, that growth in adult education participation has slowed in recent years, and second, that there are major differences between the provinces in who gets trained, and how much.

      Release date: 2001-05-10
    • 37. Literacy, Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-552-M2001008
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This study investigates the relationship between labour market success and literacy skills, specifically prose literacy, document literacy and quantitative literacy or numeracy. It focuses on the relationship between literacy and annual, weekly and hourly earnings.

      Release date: 2001-03-19
    • 38. Literacy, Numeracy and Labour Market Outcomes in Canada (Highlights) Archived
      Journals and periodicals: 89F0125X
      Description:

      These highlights provide a brief summary of the report 'Literacy, numeracy and labour market outcomes in Canada', (catalogue no. 89-552-MPE00008 and 89-552-MIE00008) which investigates the relationship between labour market success and literacy skills.

      Release date: 2001-03-19
    • 39. Benchmarking Adult Literacy in North America: An International Comparative Study Archived
      Journals and periodicals: 89-572-X
      Description:

      The International Adult Literacy Survey was a 22-country initiative conducted between 1994 and 1998. In every country nationally representative samples of adults aged 16-65 were interviewed and tested at home, using the same literacy test. The main purpose of the survey was to find out how well adults use information to function in society. Another aim was to investigate the factors that influence literacy proficiency and to compare these between countries.

      This monograph presents 10 international indicators that allow readers to compare the literacy proficiency of Americans with that of other populations. The findings confirm that low literacy is an important issue in all regions and countries surveyed.

      Release date: 2001-02-08
    • 40. Schooling, Literacy and Individual Earnings Archived
      Articles and reports: 89-552-M2000007
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This paper addresses the problem of statistical inference with ordinal variates and examines the robustness to alternative literacy measurement and scaling choices of rankings of average literacy and of estimates of the impact of literacy on individual earnings.

      Release date: 2000-06-02
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    • 1. Using the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies direct measures of skills in the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults Archived
      Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-648-X2015001
      Description:

      The Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA) has the direct measures of skills from the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) because the two surveys had coordinated collection. The direct measures of skills cover three domains: literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. The skills measures are reflected in sets of 10 plausible values (PVs) that were created using a multiple imputation methodology. This paper demonstrates the proper use of the PVs. It also demonstrates that reliable estimates of skills can be produced using LISA and the results are similar to what would be obtained from the PIAAC data.

      Release date: 2015-04-22
    • 2. Measuring Adult Literacy and Life Skills: New Frameworks for Assessment Archived
      Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89-552-M2005013
      Geography: Canada
      Description:

      This report documents key aspects of the development of the International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) - its theoretical roots, the domains selected for possible assessment, the approaches taken to assessment in each domain and the criteria that were employed to decide which domains were to be carried in the final design. As conceived, the ALL survey was meant to build on the success of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) assessments by extending the range of skills assessed and by improving the quality of the assessment methods employed. This report documents several successes including: · the development of a new framework and associated robust measures for problem solving · the development of a powerful numeracy framework and associated robust measures · the specification of frameworks for practical cognition, teamwork and information and communication technology literacy The report also provides insight into those domains where development failed to yield approaches to assessment of sufficient quality, insight that reminds us that scientific advance in this domain is hard won.

      Release date: 2005-03-24
    • 3. Schooling, Literacy and Individual Earnings (Highlights) Archived
      Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89F0120X
      Description:

      Direct measures of skill attainment such as the International Adult Literacy Survey are used to assess the importance of educational outcome skills such as literacy in determining labour market outcomes such as earnings. Policy makers also use them to direct resources most efficiently. However, these skill measures are the product of complex statistical procedures. This paper examines the mathematical robustness of the International Adult Literacy Survey measures against other possibilities in estimating the impact of literacy on individual earnings.

      Release date: 2000-06-02
    • 4. Backgrounder on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) Archived
      Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 89F0094X
      Description:

      The Backgrounder on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) describes the history of the survey and how literacy is measured.

      Release date: 1996-09-12
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