GESIS Pretest Database - PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Acquisition of Competencies (English Version)

Abstract:

The project "Acquisition and Use of Competencies in Adulthood - Network for the Analysis, Further Development and Dissemination of PIAAC" (PIAAC-Leibniz-Network) aims at advancing research in the context of PIAAC as well as the transfer of corresponding results to the scientific community, politics and practice.
The subject of this pretest are questions about school and university degrees, participation in further vocational training and the duration of further training.
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., Neuert, C., Landrock, U., Adams, F., Disch, K., Gebhardt, S. & Menold, N. (2015): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Acquisition of Competencies (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

DOI:

10.17173/pretest87

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	What is the highest general school-leaving certificate you have? Please tell me using list 1.	Single Question	Highest general school-leaving certificate
2	What is your highest vocational training qualification or university degree? Please tell me using list 2.	Single Question	Highest vocational training qualification or university degree
3	In 2014, have you participated in at least one further vocational training?	Single Question	Participation in further vocational training
4	How long did this further training last? If your further training consisted of several individual events, we mean the period between the first and the last event.	Single Question	Duration of further training
5	How many hours were that?	Single Question	Duration of further training
6	How many hours were that per week?	Single Question	Duration of further training
7	How many hours were that per week?	Single Question	Duration of further training
8	When you took this course, you were there...	Single Question	Employment at the time of further training
9	What was the most important reason that prevented you in 2014 from participating in further vocational training?	Single Question	Participation in further vocational training
10	In 2014, have you participated in at least one general further training course?	Single Question	Participation in general further training
11	What was the main topic of this training?	Single Question	Topic of further training
12	Have you been employed in the last week?	Single Question	Employment in the last week
13	How many hours have you worked in the last week?	Single Question	Worktime in a week
14	How do you rate your knowledge in comparison to what is required for the completion of your work?	Single Question	Self-assessed knowledge compared to professional requirements
15	How do you rate your skills in comparison to what is required for the completion of your work?	Single Question	Self-assessed skills compared to professional requirements

Number of Participants:

18

Selection of Target Population/Quotas:

Quota sampling. The selection of the test persons was done by the quotas employment (employed; not employed) and school education (A-levels; less than A-levels):

7 employed, less than A-levels
7 employed, A-levels
2 not employed, less than A-levels
2 not employed, A-levels

Test Date:

08/2015

Number of cognitive interviewers:

7

Pretests conducted in the lab (video-recorded):

18

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

-

Survey mode:

CAPI

Pretest mode:

CAPI

Procedure:

Use of an evaluation questionnaire

Incentive for respondents:

15 Euros

Project Description:

The project "Acquisition and Use of Competencies in Adulthood - Network for the Analysis, Further Development and Dissemination of PIAAC" (PIAAC-Leibniz-Network) aims at advancing research in the context of PIAAC as well as the transfer of corresponding results to the scientific community, politics and practice. In addition to GESIS, which has taken over the leadership of the network, seven other Leibniz institutes (DIE, DIPF, DIW, ifo, IPN, LIfBi and WZB) and external project partners (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Baumert, Prof. Dr. Claus H. Carstensen, Prof. Eric A. Hanushek and Prof. Dr. Harm Kuper) are involved.
In addition to the evaluation of PIAAC data, the research is carried out in close cooperation with the German PIAAC longitudinal study (PIAAC-L), also conducted by GESIS, within the framework of which further annual surveys are conducted on the German PIAAC sample in the years 2014 to 2016.
One module of the PIAAC-Leibniz network is concerned with the further development of questions to be tested within the framework of PIAAC-L. On the one hand, this involves questions which can record further training in a more differentiated way and thus better explain participation in further training, and on the other hand, it involves calculating measures which best reflect the correspondence between individual competencies and requirements in the job. It is to be investigated whether a missing match (skill mismatch) can be validly ascertained by direct questioning (self-report).

Website:

https://www.gesis.org/en/research/external-funding-projects/archive/piaac-panel-piaac-l

Client:

GESIS, DIE, DIPF, DIW, ifo, IPN, LIfBi and WZB
Dr. Anja Perry & Natascha Massing

Pretest Report (German):

Pretest Report (English):

Citation:

Otto, W., Neuert, C., Landrock, U., Adams, F., Disch, K., Gebhardt, S. & Menold, N. (2015): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2016 - Acquisition of Competencies (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences