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 Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.

DOI:

http://doi.org/10.17173/pretest86

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	Were you born in Germany? [Sind Sie in Deutschland geboren?]	Single Question	Migration background
2	Was at least one parent born in Germany? [Ist mindestens ein Elternteil in Deutschland geboren?]	Single Question	Migration background
3	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Inwieweit stimmen Sie folgenden Aussagen zu oder nicht zu?]	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? [Folgende Aussage bezieht sich nun auf die deutsche Kultur. Inwieweit stimmen Sie folgender Aussage zu oder nicht zu?]	Multi-Item Scale	German culture
5	Have you regularly attended a kindergarten, day-care center or similar institution? [Wenn Sie sich einmal an Ihre frühe Kindheit zurückerinnern. Haben Sie regelmäßig einen Kindergarten, eine Kindertageseinrichtung oder eine ähnliche Einrichtung besucht?]	Single Question	Visit of a childcare facility
6	How old were you when you started visiting a childcare facility regularly? [Wie alt waren Sie, als Sie mit dem regelmäßigen Besuch einer Einrichtung zur Kinderbetreuung begonnen haben?]	Single Question	Visit of a childcare facility
7	Are you or have you ever been employed? [Sind oder waren Sie schon einmal berufstätig?]	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. [Wenn Sie an Ihre berufliche Laufbahn denken: In welchem Jahr haben Sie bei Ihrem derzeitigen, bzw. falls Sie im Moment nicht arbeiten, bei Ihrem letzten Arbeitgeber begonnen? Falls Sie selbstständig sind oder zuletzt waren, zählen Sie Ihren Betrieb oder Ihre Firma als Arbeitgeber.]	Single Question	Start of employment
9	Have you had another employer before? [Hatten Sie davor bereits einen anderen Arbeitgeber?]	Single Question	Employer
10	And in which year did you start working for this employer? [Und in welchem Jahr haben Sie bei diesem Arbeitgeber angefangen?]	Single Question	Start of employment
11	Have you had another employer before? [Hatten Sie davor bereits einen anderen Arbeitgeber?]	Single Question	Employer
12	In which year did you start working for this employer? [In welchem Jahr haben Sie bei diesem Arbeitgeber angefangen?]	Single Question	Start of employment

Number of Participants:

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:

Pretests conducted in the lab (video-recorded):

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/research/external-funding-projects/archive/piaac-panel-piaac-l

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 Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.

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