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).

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

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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— PIAAC scripts digital plattform—is available as an accompaniment to the Methods Series and provides existing analysis scripts based on previous research with PIAAC data.

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

PIAAC Germany Reports (GESIS)
The national report (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. Additional PIAAC Material 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.

PIAAC Germany Reports (GESIS)

The national report (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.

Additional PIAAC Material

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.

PIAAC International 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)

PIAAC International Reports (OECD)

LEO Reports (University of Hamburg)
Functional illiteracy in Germany: Results of the first leo. – Level One study Living with low literacy: Results of LEO 2018

AES Germany Reports

Berichtssystem Weiterbildung IX: Ergebnisse der Repräsentativbefragung zur Weiterbildungssituation in Deutschland (2005)
Berichtssystem Weiterbildung IX: Integrierter Gesamtbericht zur Weiterbildungssituation in Deutschland (2006)
Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland: AES 2010 Trendbericht
Weiterbildungsbeteiligung auf Rekordniveau: Der AES 2012 Trendbericht
Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland 2014: AES 2014 Trendbericht
Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland 2016: Ergebnisse des Adult Education Survey 2016
Weiterbildungsverhalten von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund: Ergebnisse der erweiterten Erhebung des Adult Education Survey (AES-Migra 2016)
Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland 2018: Ergebnisse des Adult Education Survey 2018
Digitalisierung in der Weiterbildung: Ergebnisse einer Zusatzstudie zum Adult Education Survey 2018
Weiterbildungsverhalten in Deutschland 2020: Ergebnisse des Adult Education Survey - AES-Trendbericht

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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 Analyses: Examples using R (descriptive statistics with and without plausible values in R)
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
Analyzing PIAAC data with structural equation modeling in Mplus, March 22^ndto March 23^rd, 2022
Analyzing PIAAC data using the R EdSurvey package, March 22^nd, 2022
LEO 2018 – Introduction in data use and analyses (124 kB), 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

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

Note: 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.

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 methods series: Analysis scripts based on PIAAC data
New videos: Online Tutorials on the Analysis of PIAAC Data
PIAAC Bibliography 2023 (2008-2022) available
Datapaper: "Data from PIAAC Germany and its Longitudinal Follow-Up, PIAAC-L" by Martin et al., 2022
International news also available in PIAAC Buzz Newsletter

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International Data Explorer (IDE)

International Database Analyzer (IDB Analyzer)

Log Data Analyzer

Team RDC PIAAC

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