Coverage of the migrant population in large-scale assessment surveys. Experiences from PIAAC in Germany

Large-scale Assessments in Education

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Table 2 Disposition codes for PIAAC Germany by migration status

Final disposition code	Migrants	Non-migrants	Citizenship unknown	Total
Completed interview
n	331	4857	131	5319
%	35.6	53.7	50.4	51.9
Refusal
n	268	3116	81	3465
%	28.8	34.4	31.2	33.8
Address-related issue
n	91	183	7	281
%	9.8	2.0	2.7	2.7
Literacy-related reason
n	72	51	8	131
%	7.7	.6	3.1	1.3
Non-contact
n	71	481	10	562
%	7.6	5.3	3.8	5.5
Sample person moved abroad
n	33	45	5	83
%	3.5	.5	1.9	.8
Breakoff
n	18	38	5	61
%	1.9	.4	1.9	.6
Sample person temporarily absent
n	15	55	2	72
%	1.6	.6	.8	.7
Other reasons
n	32	223	11	8
%	3.4	2.5	4.2	.1
Total
N	931	9049	260	10,240
%	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0