Literacy, Age and Recentness of Education Among Nordic Adults
Sulkunen, S., & Malin, A. (2018). Literacy, Age and Recentness of Education Among Nordic Adults. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 62(5), 929-948. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2017.1324898
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between
reading literacy and age in an adult population aged 25 to 65 in Nordic
countries using PIAAC 2012 data. More specifically, the study examined
to what extent variations in the literacy proficiency of adults are
explained by age and the recentness of qualifications when variables
related to education, occupation, and skill use are controlled. The
statistical method was regression analysis. The recentness of education
explained only a part of the performance gap between the oldest adults
and others. The significance of the length and scope of initial education
in developing literacy proficiency overall, is difficult to compensate.
There were insignificant differences between the Nordic countries.
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