The Socio-Demographic Distribution of Key Information-Processing Skills

This chapter analyses the results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) to describe how proficiency in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments is distributed among individuals according to various socio-demographic characteristics, including socio-economic background, educational attainment, immigrant and/or foreign-language background, age, gender and type of occupation. The perspective is also widened to report on countries’ average proficiency when considering skills in the context of these variables.