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Jeanne Batalova; Michael Fix – Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2022
More than 10 million U.S. workers with college degrees, or one in six, are immigrants. While many have found jobs that make full use of their education and skills, nearly a quarter are underemployed, that is, they are either working in jobs that require no more than a high school diploma or are out of work. Tackling immigrants' skill…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Literacy, Higher Education, Educational Attainment
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Hancock, Kirsten J.; Lawrence, David; Shepherd, Carrington C. J.; Mitrou, Francis; Zubrick, Stephen R. – British Educational Research Journal, 2017
This study examined the extent to which the association between increased student absence and lower achievement outcomes varied by student and school-level socioeconomic characteristics. Analyses were based on the enrolment, absence and achievement records of 89,365 Year 5, 7 and 9 students attending government schools in Western Australian…
Descriptors: Correlation, Attendance, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences
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Prins, Esther; Monnat, Shannon; Clymer, Carol; Toso, Blaire Wilson – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2015
This paper uses data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze the relationship between U.S. adults' self-reported health and proficiencies in literacy, numeracy, and technological problem solving. Ordinal logistic regression analyses showed that scores on all three scales were positively and…
Descriptors: Competence, Tests, Health, Knowledge Level