ERIC Number: ED435841
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999-Sep
Pages: 362
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-16-050175-X
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Literacy in the Labor Force. Results from the National Adult Literacy Survey.
Sum, Andrew
This document, which is based on data gathered during the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), examines the literacy skills of the U.S. civilian labor force, including the employed and unemployed. The following topics are among those discussed: (1) human resources and the U.S. economy; (2) literacy proficiencies of the nation's labor force; (3) literacy proficiencies of key demographic, socioeconomic, and regional subgroups of the labor force (men and women; various age, racial, and ethnic groups; adults with different levels of schooling, poverty status, and areas of residence; native versus foreign-born adults); (4) literacy proficiencies of the labor force by industry and occupations (including front-line blue-collar workers and health care workers); (5) literacy proficiencies and earnings; (6) literacy proficiencies and adults' educational attainments, school enrollment behavior, and literacy training experiences; (7) employability and earnings potential of the nation's unutilized and underutilized working-age population; (8) estimated effects of prose, document, and quantitative literacy proficiencies on labor market activities, earnings and incomes (as demonstrated by a multivariate analysis); and (9) participation in basic skills training programs. A total of 150 tables/figures are included. Appendices contain guidelines for interpreting the literacy scales, an overview of procedures used in the NALS, and a list of participants in the development process. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Age Differences, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Employed Women, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Employment Projections, Enrollment, Ethnic Groups, Geographic Regions, Immigrants, Job Training, Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Literacy Education, Minority Groups, Multivariate Analysis, National Surveys, Occupational Clusters, Part Time Employment, Poverty, Racial Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Tables (Data), Underemployment, Unemployment
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Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES)
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
IES Cited: ED438285