Literacy and Life Skills for Pasifika Adults - Further Investigation: Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey

Publication Details

This report — which complements Literacy and Life Skills for Pasifika Adults — investigates the extent to which the distribution of English literacy among Pasifika adults is associated with changes in the distribution of their educational attainment and familiarity with English.

Author(s): Elliot Lawes, Research Division, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: August 2009

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Appendix

Appendix Table 1: Standardised regression coefficients for prose literacy model using the ALL data

Variable	Stage 1 est*	Stage 1 se	Stage 2 est*	Stage 2 se	Stage 3 est*	Stage 3 se
Time in formal education (years)	*	*	*	*	0.365	0.040
Income (log income in 000s)	*	*	0.182	0.041	0.123	0.039
Age	0.043	0.052	-0.014	0.063	-0.009	0.058
Age squared (centred at 33.6 years)	-0.218	0.040	-0.147	0.046	-0.116	0.046
First language (0=English, 1=other)	-0.107	0.041	-0.098	0.048	-0.103	0.042
English infrequent in home (0=no, 1=yes)	-0.275	0.044	-0.245	0.043	-0.211	0.039
Employment (0=not employed, 1=employed)	0.124	0.043	0.075	0.047	0.023	0.044
Place of birth (0=New Zealand, 1=elsewhere)	-0.163	0.047	-0.161	0.045	-0.146	0.041
Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	-0.122	0.037	-0.153	0.042	-0.131	0.038
Student status (0=not student, 1=student)	0.135	0.045	0.143	0.049	0.082	0.043
Notes: Figures in bold represent estimates significant at the 5% level. Stage 1 of the model excluded time spent in formal education and income, stage 2 included income but excluded time spent in formal education, and stage 3 included both time spent in formal education and income.

The stage 1 model accounted for approximately 31 percent of the variance in document literacy scores, the stage 2 model approximately 32 percent and the stage 3 model approximately 44 percent.

Appendix Table 2: Standardised regression coefficients for document literacy model using the ALL data

Variable	Stage 1 est*	Stage 1 se	Stage 2 est*	Stage 2 se	Stage 3 est*	Stage 3 se
Time in formal education (years)	*	*	*	*	0.366	0.040
Income (log income in 000s)	*	*	0.195	0.042	0.136	0.040
Age	-0.021	0.056	-0.088	0.066	-0.083	0.061
Age squared (centred at 33.6 years)	-0.223	0.042	-0.145	0.046	-0.114	0.046
First language (0=English, 1=other)	-0.095	0.043	-0.077	0.050	-0.082	0.043
English infrequent in home (0=no, 1=yes)	-0.252	0.044	-0.219	0.043	-0.185	0.038
Employment (0=not employed, 1=employed)	0.131	0.043	0.077	0.050	0.025	0.044
Place of birth (0=New Zealand, 1=elsewhere)	-0.145	0.047	-0.147	0.046	-0.133	0.043
Gender (0=female, 1=male)	-0.083	0.036	-0.110	0.041	-0.089	0.035
Student status (0=not student, 1=student)	0.144	0.047	0.150	0.047	0.089	0.043
Notes: Figures in bold represent estimates significant at the 5% level. Stage 1 of the model excluded time spent in formal education and income, stage 2 included income but excluded time spent in formal education, and stage 3 included both time spent in formal education and income.

The stage 1 model accounted for approximately 30 percent of the variance in document literacy scores, the stage 2 model approximately 32 percent and the stage 3 model approximately 44 percent.