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Table 6 Logistic Regression Predicting Low Literacy for LEO, PIAAC, and NEPS among all Adults

From: On the comparability of adults with low literacy across LEO, PIAAC, and NEPS. Methodological considerations and empirical evidence

Effect

AME

SE

95%

p

LL

UL

LEO

 Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)

0.03

0.01

0.01

0.05

0.005

 Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)

0.07

0.01

0.05

0.09

 < 0.001

 Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)

0.08

0.01

0.06

0.11

 < 0.001

 Male

0.07

0.01

0.05

0.09

 < 0.001

 Non-German

0.17

0.02

0.13

0.21

 < 0.001

 Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.08

0.01

0.06

0.10

 < 0.001

 Low educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.22

0.02

0.17

0.27

 < 0.001

 No educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.50

0.04

0.41

0.58

 < 0.001

 Unemployed (Ref. employed)

0.11

0.02

0.07

0.16

 < 0.001

 Other employment status (Ref. employed)

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.06

0.001

PIAAC

 Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)

0.02

0.02

− 0.02

0.06

0.270

 Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)

0.10

0.02

0.05

0.14

 < 0.001

 Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)

0.12

0.02

0.07

0.17

 < 0.001

 Male

0.01

0.02

− 0.02

0.05

0.415

 Non-German

0.18

0.03

0.12

0.24

 < 0.001

 Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.13

0.01

0.11

0.16

 < 0.001

 Low educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.32

0.04

0.23

0.41

 < 0.001

 No educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.60

0.07

0.46

0.74

 < 00.001

 Unemployed (Ref. employed)

0.10

0.03

0.03

0.17

0.005

 Other employment status (Ref. employed)

0.04

0.02

0.00

0.09

0.037

NEPS

 Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)

0.03

0.01

0.01

0.04

0.007

 Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)

0.04

0.01

0.02

0.05

 < 0.001

 Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)

0.10

0.01

0.08

0.12

 < 0.001

 Male

0.04

0.01

0.03

0.05

 < 0.001

 Non-German

0.09

0.01

0.07

0.11

 < 0.001

 Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.10

0.01

0.08

0.11

 < 0.001

 Low educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.21

0.02

0.16

0.25

 < 0.001

 No educational attainment (Ref. high)

0.44

0.07

0.31

0.58

 < 0.001

 Unemployed (Ref. employed)

0.15

0.02

0.12

0.19

 < 0.001

 Other employment status (Ref. employed)

0.05

0.01

0.03

0.07

 < 0.001

  1. AME Average Marginal Effect; LL and UL indicate the lower and upper limits of a confidence interval, respectively