Table 3.3.1
Percentage distribution of the labour force populations aged 16 to 65 years with low earnings by skill level, Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) 2003 and 2008

Table 3.3.1
Percentage distribution of the labour force populations aged 16 to 65 years with low earnings by skill level, ALL 2003 and 2008
Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage distribution of the labour force populations aged 16 to 65 years with low earnings by skill levels, adult literacy and life skills Survey. This information is grouped by prose literacy skills, document literacy skills, numeracy skills, problem solving skills (appearing as row headers) and by half the median earnings or less, skill level, levels 1 and 2, levels 3 & 4 and 5 (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and standard error as a unit of measure.
  Half the median earnings or less
Skill levelNote 1
Levels 1 and 2 Levels 3, 4 and 5
per cent standard error per cent standard error
A. Prose literacy skills  
Bermuda 20.0 (1.9) 14.3 (1.6)
Canada 29.8 (1.3) 23.8 (1.0)
Hungary 12.4 (1.5) 6.7 (1.0)
Italy 11.3 (1.1) 10.4 (1.7)
Netherlands 26.6 (2.0) 20.4 (1.4)
New Zealand 31.3 (1.4) 23.0 (1.3)
Norway 24.2 (1.5) 24.1 (0.9)
Switzerland 26.7 (1.9) 24.5 (1.5)
United States 28.0 (1.3) 21.0 (1.6)
B. Document literacy skills  
Bermuda 18.6 (2.0) 14.7 (1.8)
Canada 29.0 (1.2) 24.2 (1.1)
Hungary 12.6 (1.5) 6.4 (0.8)
Italy 11.7 (1.1) 8.7 (1.6)
Netherlands 27.3 (1.9) 20.4 (1.3)
New Zealand 31.0 (1.4) 23.3 (1.2)
Norway 25.7 (2.0) 23.5 (0.9)
Switzerland 27.8 (2.2) 23.8 (1.3)
United States 28.1 (1.4) 21.0 (1.7)
C. Numeracy skills  
Bermuda 19.0 (1.8) 13.5 (1.8)
Canada 29.2 (0.8) 23.4 (1.1)
Hungary 13.3 (1.7) 6.4 (1.0)
Italy 12.3 (1.1) 7.0 (1.8)
Netherlands 32.0 (2.2) 18.6 (1.2)
New Zealand 31.8 (1.3) 21.6 (1.2)
Norway 26.9 (1.7) 22.5 (0.8)
Switzerland 29.4 (2.5) 23.4 (1.5)
United States 27.9 (1.5) 20.1 (1.8)
D. Problem solving skillsNote 2  
Bermuda 22.6 (2.7) 13.6 (1.6)
Canada 29.0 (1.4) 25.0 (0.8)
Hungary 13.6 (1.6) 7.2 (0.8)
Italy 11.9 (1.4) 9.6 (1.4)
Netherlands 29.1 (2.9) 21.3 (1.2)
New Zealand 33.1 (1.9) 24.0 (1.2)
Norway 23.3 (2.1) 24.3 (0.7)
SwitzerlandNote 3 26.4 (2.8) 25.3 (0.9)
1. Comparisons for the problem solving domain are made between levels 1 and levels 2, 3 and 4.
2. United States did not field the problem solving skills domain.
3. The problem solving skills scores for Switzerland apply to the German and French speaking communities only since they did not field the problem solving skills domain in the Italian speaking community.
Source: Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, 2003 and 2008.

 

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