ALL (Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey) Publications
Publication Details
This is the home page for the ALL Survey publications, and its predecessor IALS (International Adult Literacy Survey). Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) publications.
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Updating the Adult and Literacy Life Skills Survey: Estimating change in skills distribution since 2006
This paper firstly estimates the effect of population changes since 2006 on the skills distribution of the population. This provides a new estimate of the results of the ALL survey taking account of population changes since 2006 This will aid…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2015
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Literacy skills of young adult New Zealanders
This report explores how the literacy of young adults (aged 16-24) in New Zealand varies according to a wide range of factors. Literacy here refers to literacy in English only, and the main aspect of literacy considered is document literacy,…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2011
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Factors linked to young adult literacy
This report explores the factors linked to the literacy of young adults (aged 16-24) in New Zealand using statistical modelling. Literacy here refers to literacy in English only, and the particular aspect of literacy considered is document literacy, which refers…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2011
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Adult literacy and numeracy in New Zealand: Key factors
This report explores a range of factors associated with English literacy and numeracy among people aged 25-65, using data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey 2006. It finds that three key factors can account for a large…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2010
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Adult literacy and numeracy in New Zealand: A regional analysis
This report analyses the distribution of literacy and numeracy skills among people aged 25 to 65 in New Zealand in 2006, using data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey. It investigates whether there were geographical concentrations of…
Author(s): Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: July 2010
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Labour market outcomes of skills and qualifications
This paper looks at the employment and income benefits of literacy skills and qualifications.It draws on data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) survey. The results of the analysis show that the benefit of increased literacy without higher…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: March 2010
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Skills, qualifications, experience and the distribution of wages
This paper extends previous work on skills, qualifications and wages to look at the relationship between literacy skills and qualifications to the distribution of wages. It draws on data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey. It shows…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2010
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Non-formal and formal learning: Adults in education
This fact sheet looks at the percentage of adults aged 25 to 64 engaged in some form of study in 2006. In particular, it includes new information on the total rate at which adults participated in non-formal learning. The fact…
Author(s): David Scott and Chris Lane, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2010
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Tertiary education, skills and productivity
This report updates and extends an article that was first published in Profile and Trends 2007 (Ministry of Education, 2008). It provides an overview of the information and literature relating to the link between tertiary education, skills and productivity in…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2010
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The Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey: Numeracy skills and education in New Zealand and Australia
This report provides an initial investigation into the relationships between education level, numeracy, participation in up-skilling and self-assessed numeracy through the adult populations of New Zealand and Australia.…
Author(s): Paul Satherley and Elliot Lawes, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2009
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Literacy and life skills for Pasifika adults: Results from the ALL Survey
The 2006 ALL survey was designed to measure the distribution of literacy and numeracy skills among the adult population of New Zealand. The ALL survey included an oversample of Pasifika adults. This design feature has allowed meaningful insights into the…
Author(s): Elliot Lawes, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2009
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The ALL Survey: The effect of first language and education on literacy, employment and income
The report uses data from the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) survey to look at New Zealanders who have English as an additional language. It explores their literacy and numeracy skills and educational qualifications and the effect of…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: September 2009
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Literacy and life skills for Māori adults: Results from the ALL Survey
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…
Released on Education Counts: September 2009
Author(s): Paul Satherley and Elliot Lawes, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2009
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Literacy and life skills for Pasifika adults: Further investigation: Results from the ALL Survey
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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Skills, qualifications and wages: An analysis from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey
This study used data from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey to look at the extent to which hourly wages can be explained by skills and qualifications across industries and occupations. Hourly wages can be viewed as a measure…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2009
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The Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) Survey: Education, work and literacy
This report presents an overview of New Zealanders’ skills in relation to educational and labour force characteristics and compares results from the 1996 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) with results from the 2006 ALL survey. It was originally published in…
Author(s): Paul Satherley, Elliot Lawes and Saila Sok, Research Division, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: 9 May 2008 (Revised version April 2009)
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The ALL Survey short analyses: ‘Well-being and education’ and ‘How well do qualifications predict literacy and numeracy’
These two fact sheets provide short analyses from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 2006. They look at the relationship between New Zealanders’ education level and their assessment of their well-being, and the extent to which educational qualifications can…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: March 2009
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Healthy and wise: does education improve wellbeing?
Profile & Trends 2007 contains a number of short articles covering a wide range of topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education.…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: November 2008
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Higher-level education is strongly associated with greater skills
Profile & Trends 2007 contains a number of short articles covering a wide range of topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education.…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2008
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Literacy and numeracy in New Zealand: findings from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Profile & Trends 2007 contains a number of short articles covering a wide range of topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education.…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2008
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