Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

1994 - 2022

Subjects

Education, training and learningEducational attainment and qualificationsOther content related to Education, training and l

Overview

Summary

The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a multi-cycle international programme of assessment of adult skills and competencies initiated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It aims to collect the information of residents from several countries, including Canada.

Please note that additional documentation is available for this survey. Please contact your RDC analyst to request this documentation.

Available Cycles

Years Name
1994,2003,2011,2012,2022 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

Documentation

Publication Note

All publications (e.g. scientific articles, reports, dissertations, theses) and presentations based on a dataset available in the RDCs should include an acknowledgement of the support provided by granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), Statistics Canada and host university. See a sample

Related Publications

Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen and Victor Kuperman (2021).

Predictors of literacy in adulthood: Evidence from 33 countries

PLoS ONE , 24-Jan

Samuel Vézina and Alain Bélanger (2020).

Are large surveys of adult literacy skills as comparable over time as we think?

Large-scale Assessments in Education , 23-Jan

Richard E. Mueller and N. T. Khuong Truong (2020).

Wage, literacy, and numeracy skills inequality: Do immigration admission categories matter?

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Working Paper

Samuel Vézina and Alain Bélanger (2020).

Literacy skills as an explanation for labor market imbalances by occupational type in Canada: Microsimulation projections for 2014-2024

Population Research and Policy Review , 1019 – 1049

Ashley Pullman, Arthur Sweetman, and Ross Finnie (2020).

Gendered returns to cognitive skills in Canada

Ken Chatoor, Emily MacKay, and Lauren Hudak (2019).

Parental education and postsecondary attainment: Does the apple fall far from the tree?

Samuel Vézina, Alain Bélanger, Patrick Sabourin, and Guillaume Marois (2019).

Literacy skills of the future Canadian working-age population: Assessing the skill gap between the foreign- and Canadian-born

Canadian Studies in Population , 25-May

Samuel Vézina and Alain Bélanger (2019).

Impacts of education and immigration on the size and skills of the future workforce

Demographic Research , 331-366

Nguyen T. K. Truong (2019).

Essays on skills and labour market outcomes of immigrants and the Canadian born

Min Hu, Angela Daley, and Casey Warman (2019).

Literacy, numeracy, technology skill and labour market outcomes among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Canadian Public Policy , 48-73

Samuel Vézina, Alain Bélanger, Patrick Sabourin, and Guillaume Marois (2018).

Projecting the literacy skills proficiency of the working-age population in a context of high immigration and increasing education levels

Arthur Sweetman and Khuong Truong (2018).

The United States and Canada: Intergenerational social mobility among immigrants and their native-born children

Samuel Vézina and Alain Bélanger (2018).

Littératie et adéquation entre l'offre et la demande de main-d'oeuvre selon le type d'emploi au Canada : projections par microsimulation entre 2014 et 2024

Notes de recherche / Working Paper

Megan McMaster (2018).

Lifelong inequality of first-generation graduates: Skill outcomes

Jacquie Eales, Choong Kim, and Janet Fast (2017).

How deep is the digital divide? ICT literacy and the role of assistive technology in helping older workers

Research on Aging Policies and Practice (RAPP) FACT Sheet

Alain Bélanger and Samuel Vézina (2016).

Analyse du niveau de littératie en français au Québec : Une comparaison entre natifs et immigrants

Ross Finnie, Stephen Childs, Dejan Pavlic, and Nemanja Jevtovic (2014).

GradEarnings research brief: How much do university graduates earn?

Min Hu (2014).

The effect of cognitive skills on Aboriginal People's employment outcomes

Ross Finnie, Stephen Childs, Dejan Pavlic, and Nemanja Jevtovic (2014).

GradEarnings research brief (Version '14-11-20)

Ross Finnie, Stephen Childs, Dejan Pavlic, and Nemanja Jevtovic (2014).

GradEarnings research brief (Version '14-11-24)

Related Data

Registered Apprenticeship Information System

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

RAIS

Youth in Transition Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

YITS

National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

NLSCY

Workplace and Employee Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

WES

Extended Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

LSIC-IMDB

General Social Survey – Education Work and Retirement

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

GSS

Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SAEP

International Survey of Reading Skills

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

ISRS

Access and Support to Education and Training Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

ASETS

Adult Education and Training Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

AETS

Longitudinal Immigration Database

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

IMDB

Future to Discover Project

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

FTD

Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SELCCA-CLCD

Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

SISPSP

Postsecondary Student Information System

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

PSIS

Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

ELMLP

International Adult Literacy Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

IALS

Programme for International Student Assessment

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

PISA

Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

ICTSS

National Graduates Survey

Cross-Sectional, Repeated

NGS

Resources

CRDCN PIAAC Open Mic (2023)

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Grenier & Marmen - The 2011 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies in Canada (2013)

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