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The Research Data Center PIAAC (RDC PIAAC) informs on this website about the current PIAAC datasets. To download PIAAC data via the GESIS Data Catalogue (DBK), ordinarily a registration (Registration) and signing a data distribution contract is required. Several documents such as variable reports and questionnaires are available without registration. Furthermore, we offer PIAAC data users the possibility to work with more sensitive data (e.g., regional data) at our GESIS Secure Data Center (SDC).

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

Data

PIAAC National
National Scientific Use Files from German PIAAC Main Study (Reduced and Extended Versions) National Supplement Studies with focus on specific population groups (Prime-Age und CiLL data set) PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L data set)

PIAAC International
Pilot Study 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)

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

* Complaints Office *

FDZ PIAAC is accredited by RatSWD. 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 website RatSWD: https://www.ratswd.de/en/info/complaints-office.

Methodical Advice

User Guide
The User Guide contains, for example, information about how to link data of the PIAAC Scientific Use Files to the PIAAC Public Use Files of other countries or to deal with plausible values and the replication weights. Errata for the public use file are available on the OECD website. Errata for the data sets provided by the RDC PIAAC are available in the data catalog under the menu item "Errata & Versions". PIAAC Research Wiki & Discussion serves also as international discussion forum.

User Guide

The User Guide contains, for example, information about how to link data of the PIAAC Scientific Use Files to the PIAAC Public Use Files of other countries or to deal with plausible values and the replication weights.
Errata for the public use file are available on the OECD website.
Errata for the data sets provided by the RDC PIAAC are available in the data catalog under the menu item "Errata & Versions".
PIAAC Research Wiki & Discussion serves also as international discussion forum.

Tools for the analysis

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.

Data Explorer (ETS, Princeton)
IDB Analyzer for SPSS (DPC, Hamburg)
Stata- and SAS-Macros (OECD)
R-Tools
LogDataAnalyzer

Examples
Calculating with PIAAC data (185 KB)

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) OECD Skills Outlook 2013: First Results from the Survey of Adult Skills Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills (2016)

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

RDC Annual Reports
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.

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.

Workshops

Workshops 2019
DataDay, January 17^th , 2019
Past Workshops
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, 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 (70 KB), October 26^th to October 30^th, 2015 Analyzing PIAAC data using STATA (70 KB), October 26^th to October 30^th, 2015 LERN-Nachwuchsworkshop zur Nutzung von komplexen Datenbeständen im Bereich der empirischen Bildungsforschung, September 28^th to October 2^nd, 2015 Analyses with the PIAAC data, Juli 5^th, 2015 Einführung in die Analyse von PIAAC-Daten (268 KB), Mai 4^th, 2014

Data presentation on conferences
DGPS 2018, Symposia CIDER Fall Workshop 2017, Presentation Date Your Data2017, Presentation GEBF 2017, Symposia The International Conference on PIAAC and PIAAC-L 2017, Presentation 7^th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2017, Presentation

PIAAC Conferences

GESIS
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)
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)

Bibliography

Search in PIAAC Bibliography

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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

Telefax: +49/621/1246-500

Postal address:

GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences

Research Data Center PIAAC

PO Box 12 21 55

68072 Mannheim

Germany

PIAAC News

Find datasets via da|ra metadata
Pilot Study on Non-Cognitive Skills published
International news also available in PIAAC Buzz Newsletter