5333PIAAC Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

Purposes
Identify and measure the differences between adult individuals regarding competencies and abilities in literacy, calculations and reading comprehension. Relate said competencies and abilities to the requirements of the job post.
Institutions that intervene
MESD, MTIN, INE
General description (main variables)
Degree of ability in alpha-numeric comprehension, numeric calculation and reading comprehension. Age, sex, economic activity situation, degree and field of formal studies carried out and/or in progress, degree of training reached, training carried out dur
Collective
Persons 16 to 65 years of age, resident in family dwellings
Frequency of data collection
Irregular
Breakdown
Nacional
Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2009-2012  (in thousands euros)

164.35 thousand euros from the budget of the Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sport, and 163.60 thousand euros from the budget of the Ministry of Labour and Immigration expected for 2009. For the years 2010 to 2012, not enough information is available to make an estimate.

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