Chapter 2: Proficiency in key information-processing skills among working-age adults

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Figure 2.1- Literacy proficiency among adults
Figure 2.2a Comparison of average literacy proficiency among adults
Figure 2.2b Comparison of average literacy proficiency among adults (adjusted)
Figure 2.3a Comparison of average literacy proficiency among young adults
Figure 2.3b Comparison of average literacy proficiency of young adults (adjusted)
Figure 2.4 Distribution of literacy proficiency scores
Figure 2.5 Numeracy proficiency among adults
Figure 2.6a Comparison of average numeracy proficiency among adults
Figure 2.6b Comparison of average numeracy proficiency among adults (adjusted)
Figure 2.7a Comparison of average numeracy proficiency among young adults
Figure 2.7b Comparison of average numeracy proficiency among young adults (adjusted)
Figure 2.8 Distribution of numeracy proficiency scores
Figure 2.9 Correlation among key information-processing skills
Figure 2.10a Proficiency in problem solving in technology-rich environments among adults
Figure 2.10b Proficiency in problem solving in technology-rich environments among young adults
Figure 2.11 Relationship between literacy and problem solving in technology-rich environments
Figure 2.12 Relationship between numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments
Figure 2.13 Summary of proficiency in key information-processing skills

Box 2.1 Figure a GDP per capita, USD
Box 2.1 Figure b Population with tertiary education
Box 2.1 Figure c Population without upper secondary education
Box 2.1 Figure d Foreign-born population as a percentage of total population
Box 2.3 Figure a Percentage of respondents taking different pathways in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
Box 2.5 Figure a Relationship between literacy proficiency and performance in reading components
Box 2.10 Figure a Adults’ range of experience with computers and the computer-based assessment, by socio-demographic profile

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Table A2.1 Percentage of adults scoring at each proficiency level in literacy
Table A2.2a Mean literacy proficiency
Table A2.2b Mean proficiency in literacy among 16-65 year-olds (adjusted)
Table A2.3 Mean proficiency in literacy among 16-24 year-olds (adjusted)
Table A2.4 Mean literacy proficiency and distribution of literacy scores, by percentile
Table A2.5 Percentage of adults scoring at each proficiency level in numeracy
Table A2.6a Mean numeracy proficiency
Table A2.6b Mean proficiency in numeracy among 16-65 year-olds (adjusted)
Table A2.7 Mean proficiency in numeracy among 16-24 year-olds (adjusted)
Table A2.8 Mean numeracy proficiency and distribution of numeracy scores, by percentile
Table A2.9 Correlation between literacy and numeracy proficiency
Table A2.10a Percentage of adults scoring at each proficiency level in problem solving in technology-rich environments
Table A2.10b Percentage of 16-24 year-olds scoring at each proficiency level in problem solving in technology-rich environments
Table A2.11 Mean literacy proficiency, by level of proficiency in problem solving in technology-rich environments
Table A2.12 Mean numeracy proficiency, by level of proficiency in problem solving in technology-rich environments

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