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Literacy and Life Skills for Māori Adults: Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey

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The 2006 ALL survey measured skills in prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving. The ALL survey included an oversample of Māori adults. This design feature has allowed meaningful analyses of the distribution of literacy and numeracy skills among the adult Māori population of New Zealand.

Author(s): Paul Satherley and Elliot Lawes [Research Division, Ministry of Education]

Date Published: August 2009

7. Occupation

The ALL survey collected information on employed respondents’ self-reported occupation. This information is arranged into summary occupation groups.

  • Skill levels of Māori adults differ strongly across occupation groups.
  • More than half of Māori adults who work as Managers or Professionals, or Technicians have level 3 or above prose and document literacy skills. Similar overall patterns of skills with occupation applied to the general population.
Figure 7.1: Distribution of occupation, ALL only

Figure 7.1: Distribution of occupation, ALL only

Figure 7.2: Prose literacy level by occupation, ALL only
Figure 7.2: Prose literacy level by occupation, ALL only  

Note:

  1. To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 1 and 2 and levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.

Figure 7.3: Document literacy level by occupation, ALL only

Figure 7.3: Document literacy level by occupation, ALL only

Note:

  1. To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 1 and 2 and levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.

Figure 7.4: Numeracy level by occupation, ALL only

Figure 7.4: Numeracy level by occupation, ALL only

Note:

  1. To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 1 and 2 and levels 3, 4 and 5 were grouped together.
Figure 7.5: Problem-solving level by occupation, ALL only

Figure 7.5: Problem-solving level by occupation, ALL only

Notes:

  1. To allow statistically robust estimates, levels 1 and 2 and levels 3 and 4 were grouped together.
  2. Here, other consists of Service and Sales, Ag & Fish or Trades, Machine & Elementary.

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