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

Durda, Tabea; Gauly, Britta; Buddeberg, Klaus; Lechner, Clemens M.; Artelt, Cordula

doi:10.1186/s40536-020-00091-0

Large-scale Assessments in Education

An IERI – International Educational Research Institute Journal

Table 7 Logistic Regression Predicting Low Literacy for LEO, PIAAC, and NEPS among Adults in Employment

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

Effect	AME	SE	95%		p
Effect	AME	SE	LL	UL	p
LEO
Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)	0.02	0.02	− 0.02	0.05	0.309
Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.001
Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.019
Male	0.06	0.01	0.04	0.07	< 0.001
Non-German	0.12	0.02	0.09	0.16	< 0.001
Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.07	0.032
Low educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.17	0.04	0.09	0.24	< 0.001
No educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.39	0.06	0.25	0.52	< 0.001
High occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.03	0.02	− 0.01	0.07	0.103
Medium occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.05	0.02	0.01	0.09	0.028
Low occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.10	0.02	0.07	0.14	< 0.001
PIAAC
Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)	− 0.01	0.02	− 0.05	0.04	0.759
Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.11	0.010
Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)	0.08	0.03	0.01	0.15	0.036
Male	0.00	0.02	− 0.04	0.03	0.880
Non-German	0.17	0.04	0.08	0.26	0.001
Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.07	0.02	0.03	0.11	< 0.001
Low educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.18	0.05	0.09	0.27	< 0.001
No educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.43	0.10	0.23	0.64	0.00
High occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.03	0.03	− 0.02	0.08	0.266
Medium occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.05	0.03	− 0.02	0.12	0.152
Low occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.15	0.03	0.08	0.21	< 0.001
NEPS
Age 34–43 (Ref. 24–33)	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.053
Age 44–53 (Ref. 24–33)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	< 0.001
Age 54–64 (Ref. 24–33)	0.08	0.01	0.07	0.10	< 0.001
Male	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.05	< 0.001
Non-German	0.08	0.01	0.06	0.10	< 0.001
Medium educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.06	< 0.001
Low educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.11	0.02	0.07	0.15	< 0.001
No educational attainment (Ref. high)	0.33	0.09	0.16	0.50	< 0.001
High occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.006
Medium occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.04	< 0.001
Low occupational status (Ref. very high)	0.13	0.01	0.11	0.15	< 0.001

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

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