GESIS Pretest Database - PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Background Questionnaire (English Version)

Abstract:

As a follow-up project to the PIAAC 2012 study (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies), the PIAAC-L project (PIAAC-Longitudinal) continues to follow the German PIAAC 2012 sample in a longitudinal direction with an expanded spectrum of questions.
The subject of this pretest are questions about migration background, culture of origin, occupation, employer and the start of employment.
The questions were tested via face-to-face cognitive interviews.

*Note: The items were tested in German. The items documented here are English translations of the original German wordings.The translations do not correspond exactly to the formulations in the English PIAAC source questionnaire.*

Citation:

Otto, W., Disch, K., Beitz, C., Gebhardt, S., Neuert, C., & Menold, N. (2015): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Background Questionnaire (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

DOI:

10.17173/pretest86

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	Were you born in Germany?	Single Question	Migration background
2	Was at least one parent born in Germany?	Single Question	Migration background
3	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?	Multi-Item Scale	Culture of origin
4	The following statement now refers to German culture. To what extent do you agree to the following statement or not to?	Multi-Item Scale	German culture
5	Have you regularly attended a kindergarten, day-care center or similar institution?	Single Question	Visit of a childcare facility
6	How old were you when you started visiting a childcare facility regularly?	Single Question	Visit of a childcare facility
7	Are you or have you ever been employed?	Single Question	Employment
8	When you think of your professional career: In which year did you start at your current, or if you are not working at the moment, at your last employer? If you are or were self-employed, count your business or your company as an employer.	Single Question	Start of employment
9	Have you had another employer before?	Single Question	Employer
10	And in which year did you start working for this employer?	Single Question	Start of employment
11	Have you had another employer before?	Single Question	Employer
12	In which year did you start working for this employer?	Single Question	Start of employment

Number of Participants:

15

Selection of Target Population/Quotas:

Quota sampling. The selection of the test persons was done by the quotas age (16 - 45 years; 46 years and older), education (with A-levels; without A-levels) and sex:

2 women and 2 men, 16-45 years, without A-levels
2 women and 2 men, 16-45 years, with A-levels
1 woman and 2 men, 46+ years, without A-levels
3 women and 1 man, 46+ years, with A-levels

Test Date:

11/2015

Number of cognitive interviewers:

5

Pretests conducted in the lab (video-recorded):

15

Pretests conducted via phone or externally (audio-recorded):

-

Survey mode:

CAPI

Pretest mode:

CAPI

Procedure:

Use of an evaluation questionnaire

Incentive for respondents:

10 Euros

Project Description:

As a follow-up project to the PIAAC 2012 study (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies), the PIAAC-L project (PIAAC-Longitudinal) continues to follow the German PIAAC 2012 sample in a longitudinal direction with an expanded spectrum of questions. GESIS is conducting this project in cooperation with DIW Berlin (Socio-Economic Panel, SOEP) and the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg (National Education Panel, NEPS).
The project envisages three survey waves (in 2014, 2015, 2016) with different focal points. Detailed questionnaires (e.g., the SOEP core instruments as well as other questions on the personal background of the respondents) and instruments for measuring competencies (e.g., from PIAAC or NEPS) will be used. In the third wave of the survey, a shortened SOEP personal questionnaire will be used and supplemented by additional questions.

Website:

https://www.gesis.org/en/piaac/research-data-center-piaac/data/piaac-longitudinal

Client:

GESIS, DIW, LIfBi
Anouk Zabal

DOI of Data Set in the GESIS Data Archive:

dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.12734

Pretest Report (German):

Pretest Report (English):

Citation:

Otto, W., Disch, K., Beitz, C., Gebhardt, S., Neuert, C., & Menold, N. (2015): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Background Questionnaire (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences