RDC – PIAAC

The Research Data Center PIAAC (RDC PIAAC) has been accredited by the German Data Forum (RatSWD). The RDC PIAAC makes research data accessible to the scientific community and offers advice to the users. The RDC PIAAC provides German and international datasets in the educational field focusing on the adult population, especially on the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). In order to download the data via the GESIS Search, it is necessary to log in (Registration) or sign a data usage agreement. Several documents, such as variable reports and questionnaires, are available without registration.

If you have any questions regarding our offering, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Data

PIAAC National
National Scientific Use File from German PIAAC Main Study National Supplement Studies: Prime-Age und CiLL data set PIAAC-Longitudinal

PIAAC International
Pilot Studies on Non-Cognitive Skills (USA/GB ; Germany, Spain, France, Japan, Poland) Log Files (17 OECD-PIAAC countries) Public Use Files (all participating OECD countries) Scientific Use Files (Austria, USA)

National LEO studies
LEO studies: Living with Low Literacy

National AES studies
AES studies: Adult Education Survey

Previous international literacy surveys
International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL)

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FDZ PIAAC is accredited by the German Data Forum (RatSWD). The RatSWD runs a complaints office for problems with the use of data that cannot be resolved with the appropriate person in the respective FDZ. For further details please visit the RatSWD website: https://www.ratswd.de/en/info/complaints-office.

Methodical Advice & Data Analysis Tools

PIAAC Methods Series
The Methods Series Analysis Scripts in Large-Scale Assessments in Education contains selected analysis scripts based on PIAAC data. In addition, a digital platform—the GESISBOX—is available as an accompaniment to the Methods Series and provides existing analysis scripts based on previous research with PIAAC data (register here to get access).

PIAAC User Guide
The User Guide contains information about how to link data of the PIAAC Scientific Use Files to the PIAAC Public Use Files of other countries and how to deal with plausible values and the replication weights.

Tools available for the analysis of PIAAC data

Please note that special analysis software is required to account for the imputation of competence values and the complex sampling design. For this purpose various preconfigured analysis tools are available:

International Data Explorer (IDE)

Tools:

Examples of use:

Analysing PIAAC data with the International Data Explorer (IDE)

International Database Analyzer (IDB Analyzer)

Tool:

IDB Analyzer

Examples of use:

Log Data Analyzer

Tool:

LogDataAnalyzer

Examples of use:

Analysing PIAAC Log Files
See also: Using PIAAC Log Files to understand respondent behaviour (OECD Skills Studies)

PIAAC data analysis examples using various statistical software
Analysing PIAAC data with Stata Analysing PIAAC data with SPSS und SAS Analysing PIAAC data with R Analysing PIAAC data with Mplus Analysing PIAAC Log Files

LEO data analysis examples
Analysing LEO data with R (124 kB)

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Reports

National Result Reports (GESIS)
The national report (printed by Waxmann) contains the results of PIAAC 2012 from a German perspective. A summary of results is available in German (3.5 MB) and English (2.8 MB). In PIAAC migration report (printed by Waxmann) contains the results with a focus on the population with a migration background in Germany and internationally.

International Result Reports (OECD)
The Survey of Adult Skills: Reader's Companion (2013) The Survey of Adult Skills: Reader’s Companion (Second Edition) The Survey of Adult Skills: Reader’s Companion (Third Edition) OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (2016) Skills Matter: Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (2019)

International Result Reports (OECD)

Technical Reports
The PIAAC Germany 2012: Technical Report (printed by Waxmann) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC in Germany. The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2013) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally. The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2016, Second Edition) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally. The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2019, Third Edition) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally. The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2014: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave I). The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2015: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave II). The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2016: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave III).

Technical Reports

The PIAAC Germany 2012: Technical Report (printed by Waxmann) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC in Germany.
The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2013) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally.
The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2016, Second Edition) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally.
The Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) (2019, Third Edition) documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC internationally.
The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2014: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave I).
The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2015: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave II).
The PIAAC-L Data Collection 2016: Technical Report documents the technical conception and essential information for the implementation of PIAAC-Longitudinal (Wave III).

RDC Annual Reports
The Annual Report 2018 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2018. The Annual Report 2017 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2017. The Annual Report 2016 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2016. The Annual Report 2015 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2015.

RDC Annual Reports

The Annual Report 2018 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2018.
The Annual Report 2017 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2017.
The Annual Report 2016 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2016.
The Annual Report 2015 presents the available data sets and the activities of the Research Data Center PIAAC during 2015.

Additional PIAAC Material
The PIAAC booklet is a compact overview for conducting PIAAC in Germany and national supplementary studies. Under task examples selected tasks to measure different competence domains in Germany are presented. Literacy, Numeracy and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: Framework for the OECD Survey of Adult Skills contains the theoretical background to the competency scales for Cycle 1. The Assessment Frameworks for Cycle 2 of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies provide an essential background for understanding the skills assessed by the PIAAC assessment and for interpreting the results of the study.

Additional PIAAC Material

The PIAAC booklet is a compact overview for conducting PIAAC in Germany and national supplementary studies.
Under task examples selected tasks to measure different competence domains in Germany are presented.
Literacy, Numeracy and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: Framework for the OECD Survey of Adult Skills contains the theoretical background to the competency scales for Cycle 1.
The Assessment Frameworks for Cycle 2 of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies provide an essential background for understanding the skills assessed by the PIAAC assessment and for interpreting the results of the study.

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Workshops & Online Tutorials

Online Tutorials

PIAAC (-L) in Applied Research – A Literature Overview (PIAAC data analyses in economic research)
PIAAC Data Analysis in Stata - Online Tutorial (see how to compute complex analyses using the packages piaactools or repest as well as compute own analyses in Stata)
IDB Analyzer Video Tutorials (see how to compute correlations, percentiles, percentages and means, benchmarks (proficiency levels), or regressions using PIAAC data)
PIAAC International Data Explorer (IDE) Training Videos (see how to compute averages, benchmarks (proficiency levels), or percentiles using PIAAC data)

Past Workshops

LEO 2018 – Introduction to data analyses, December 2th, 2022
PIAAC Pre-Conference Workshops, March 22^ndto March 23^rd, 2022
Workshop „LEO 2018: Einführung in die Datennutzung und Sekundäranalysen“, November 26^th, 2021
DataDay (1.12 MB), January 17^th , 2019
PIAAC-L Workshop A, 15^th to 17^th, January 2018
PIAAC-L Workshop B, 15^th to 17^th, January 2018
Date Your Data (118 kB), 14^th to 15^thSeptember, 2017
Analyzing PIAAC data with structural equation modeling in Mplus, April 3^rd to April 4^th, 2017
Analyzing PIAAC data with multi-level analysis in Stata, April 3^rd to April 4^th, 2017
Analyzing PIAAC log file data, April 7^th, 2017
Nachwuchsakademie „Sekundäranalysen multidisziplinär nutzbarer Datensätze der Bildungsforschung, April 4^th, 2016
Introduction to data analyses in PIAAC (72 kB), October 26^th to October 30^th, 2015
Analyzing PIAAC data using STATA (72 kB), October 26^th to October 30^th, 2015
LERN-Nachwuchsworkshop zur Nutzung von komplexen Datenbeständen im Bereich der empirischen Bildungsforschung (108 kB), September 28^th to October 2^nd, 2015
Einführung in die Analyse von PIAAC-Daten (274 kB), Mai 4^th, 2014

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PIAAC Conferences

GESIS
The International Research Conference on PIAAC, March 2022, Mannheim The International Conference on PIAAC and PIAAC-Longitudinal, April 2017, Mannheim PIAAC Forschungskonferenz, April 2014, Mannheim

OECD
6^th PIAAC International Conference, January 2020, Rome (Italy) 5^th PIAAC International Conference, November 2018, Bratislava (Slovak Republic) 4^th PIAAC International Conference, November 2017, Singapore 3^rd PIAAC International Conference, November 2016, Madrid (Spain) 2^nd PIAAC International Conference, November 2015, Harleem (the Netherlands) 1^st PIAAC International Conference, November 2013, Washington D.C. (USA)

OECD

6^th PIAAC International Conference, January 2020, Rome (Italy)
5^th PIAAC International Conference, November 2018, Bratislava (Slovak Republic)
4^th PIAAC International Conference, November 2017, Singapore
3^rd PIAAC International Conference, November 2016, Madrid (Spain)
2^nd PIAAC International Conference, November 2015, Harleem (the Netherlands)
1^st PIAAC International Conference, November 2013, Washington D.C. (USA)

Others
PIAAC Research Conference, Dezember 2018, Washington D.C. (USA) What We Need Skills for: The PIAAC Research Conference, December 2015, Arlington (USA) Taking the Next Step with PIAAC: A Research to Action Conference, December 2014, Arlington (USA) PIAAC Forschungskonferenz, October 2014, Vienna (Austria)

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Bibliography & Data Citation

PIAAC publication list (APA Style)

Link to list of all PIAAC publications and data sets we are aware of

*** Please report your publication based on PIAAC to the following mail address: fdz-piaac@gesis.org ***

Search in the databases

On the webpage da|ra metadata you can search for certain data in the collection of registered research databases from the social and economic sciences.

Citation example of data sets

Rammstedt, B., Martin, S., Zabal, A., Konradt, I., Maehler, D., Perry, A., . . . Helmschrott, S. (2016). Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Germany - Reduced Version. Data file version 2.2.0 [ZA5845]. Cologne: GESIS Data Archive. doi:10.4232/1.12660

Contact

Team RDC PIAAC

Dr. Débora Maehler (Head of RDC)
Ingo Konradt

E-Mail: fdz-piaac(at)gesis(dot)org

Postal address:

GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
Research Data Center PIAAC
PO Box 12 21 55
68072 Mannheim

Germany

PIAAC News

New PIAAC Online Tutorial - PIAAC (-L) in Applied Economic Research
LEO-Datenfrühstück im Januar
Datapaper: "Data from PIAAC Germany and its Longitudinal Follow-Up, PIAAC-L" by Martin et al., 2022
PIAAC Bibliography (2008-2021) in GESIS Papers
International news also available in PIAAC Buzz Newsletter

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International Data Explorer (IDE)

International Database Analyzer (IDB Analyzer)

Log Data Analyzer

Search in the databases

Team RDC PIAAC

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