TY  - BOOK
ED  - Statistics Canada.
ED  - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
TI  - Learning a living: first results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
SN  - 9264010386
AV  - LC 149.7 L438 2005
U1  - 374 14
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Ottawa, Paris
PB  - Statistics Canada, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
KW  - Functional literacy
KW  - Life skills
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - Alfabetización funcional
KW  - Habilidades para la vida
KW  - Encuestas sociales
KW  - Vaardigheden
KW  - gtt
KW  - Alfabetisme
KW  - Volwassenen
KW  - Habiletés de base
KW  - Canada
KW  - Statistiques
KW  - Alphabétisme
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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 -- Skills, parental education and literacy practice in daily life -- Skills and health -- Conclusion; Available also on the Internet
N2  - 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.--Publisher's description
UR  - http://www.sourceoecd.org/9264010386
ER  -