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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 6753 Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009 675310.5255/UKDA-SN-6753-1 Scottish Government, Education Analytical Services Division, Employability, Skills and LifeLong Learning Analysis <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply. Scottish Government UK Data Service 26 April 2011 ADULTSLITERACYGENDERABILITY EVALUATIONACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTAGEAPTITUDE TESTSARITHMETICARTICLESBOOK READERSHIPBOOKSCARE OF DEPENDANTSCHILDRENCOMPUTERSCONCERT GOINGCORRESPONDENCEDIAGRAMSDICTIONARIESDISABILITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEDUCATIONAL CERTIFICATESEDUCATIONAL GRANTSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEMPLOYEESEMPLOYER-SPONSORED TRAININGEMPLOYERSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORYEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMESENCYCLOPAEDIASETHNIC GROUPSFATHERSFATHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDPREDOMINANT LANGUAGESFULL-TIME EMPLOYMENTHEADS OF HOUSEHOLDHEARING IMPAIRMENTSHOUSEHOLDSILLITERACYIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONINCOMEINDUSTRIESINFORMATION MATERIALSINFORMATION USEINTEREST (FINANCE)INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCELANGUAGE SKILLSLANGUAGESLEARNING DISABILITIESLIBRARY USERSLISTENINGRADIO LISTENINGMARITAL STATUSMATHEMATICSMASS MEDIA USEMOTHER TONGUEMOTHERSMOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDNATIONALITYNEWSPAPER READERSHIPNEWSPAPERSNUMERACYOCCUPATIONAL TRAININGOCCUPATIONSPARENTSPART-TIME EMPLOYMENTPERIODICALSPERIODICALS READERSHIPPLACE OF BIRTHPRIMARY DOCUMENTSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPUBLIC LIBRARIESQUALIFICATIONSREADING (ACTIVITY)READING SKILLSREADING TESTSREPORTSRESIDENTIAL MOBILITYSECOND LANGUAGESSOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITSSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUSSPEECH IMPAIRMENTSSPORT SPECTATORSHIPTELEVISION VIEWINGTRAININGTRAINING COURSESVISION IMPAIRMENTSWAGESHOURS OF WORKWRITING SKILLSPRE-PRIMARY EDUCATIONENGLISH (LANGUAGE)LANGUAGES USED AT HOMELANGUAGES USED AT WORKTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTWRITING (COMPOSITION)PARENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPCULTURAL PARTICIPATION Education <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The aim of the <i>Scottish Survey of Adult Literacies, 2009</i> (SSAL2009) was to update existing data on working age (16-65 year old) adults’ literacies skills, and to provide a new baseline estimate of the general population’s levels of literacies skills in Scotland. This included an assessment of skills on three literacies scales; prose, document and quantitative literacy. The aim of the survey also included exploring patterns of literacies skills and analysing these skills in relation to respondents’ social backgrounds. The sampling strategy ensures a high degree of representativeness and allows in-depth discussion of issues such as gender, social class, urbanisation and work.<br> <br> SSAL2009 is based on the <i>International Adult Literacy Survey</i> (IALS) carried out in 1996 as part of an international programme of surveys. The Great British part of this survey is available from the UK Data Archive under SN 3791 - <i> Adult Literacy in Britain, 1996</i>.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>The dataset contains a wide variety of social background data, including gender, age, languages spoken, educational background, highest qualification, employment status, length of unemployment, type of jobs/sectors people are employed in, training people have undertaken the last year, health/disability, benefits, income levels, regions where people live (urban/rural), and level of deprivation (using the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)). <br> <br> The dataset also contains the results from the literacies assessment in prose, document and quantitative literacy using Item Response Theory (ITR) modelling and plausible values.<br> <br> In terms of plausible values these are estimates of a potential value for each individual’s ability. There are 5 of them. The plausible values give proficiency estimates on a scale between 0 and 500, and are included in the data set. These are essential in understanding and analysing the literacies levels of adults in Scotland. The plausible values relate to IALS levels as follows:<br> <br> Level 1: 0 to 225 <br> Level 2: 226 to 275<br> Level 3: 276 to 325<br> Level 4: 326 to 375<br> Level 5: 376 to 500. February 2009 - July 200901 February 200901 July 2009 Scotland IndividualsNational Working age adults (16-65 year olds) in Scotland, 2009. Numeric Cross-sectional (one-time) study One-stage stratified or systematic random sample Face-to-face interviewSelf-completion <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 6753 2024-11-28T07:28:59Z ddi:codebook:2_5