GESIS Pretest Database - PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2014 (English Version)

Abstract:

In the research project "PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L)" GESIS, LIfBi and SOEP are jointly conducting one of the world's first internationally comparable long-term studies on competencies in adulthood and their significance in the life course.
This pretest includes questions on self-assessed reading and everyday mathematical competence, socio-economic status, and partnership.
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:

Lenzner, T., Neuert, C., Otto, W., Landrock, U., & Menold, N (2014): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2014 (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

DOI:

10.17173/pretest94

Question No.	Pretesting Results	Type	Construct
1	I will now read to you various reading activities. For each of these activities, please tell me how well you can perform them. Think about your experiences from your job and everyday life. Please give me your answers using this list.	Multi-Item Scale	Self-assessment of reading skills
2	I will now read you various everyday mathematical activities. For each of these activities, please tell me how well you can perform them. Think about your experiences from your job and everyday life. Please give me your answers again using this list.	Multi-Item Scale	Self-assessment of everyday mathematical competence
3	How many of the following things are there in your home?	Multi-Item Scale	Household equipment/socioeconomic status
4	How many rooms with bath or shower are there in your home?	Single Question	Household equipment/socioeconomic status
5	How old were you when you first used a computer?	Single Question	Age at first computer use
6	Are you currently in a steady relationship?	Single Question	Partnership
7	Where did you meet? Please give your answer based on this list.	Single Question	Places or "markets" of partner selection

Number of Participants:

20

Selection of Target Population/Quotas:

Quota sampling. The selection of the test persons was based on the quotas age (18 - 40 years; 41 years and older), school education (Advanced technical college entrance qualification/A-levels; no A-levels) and gender:

2 women and 3 men, 18-40 years, less than A-levels
3 women and 2 men, 18-40 years, Advanced technical college entrance qualification/A-levels
3 women and 2 men, 41+ years, less than A-levels
2 women and 3 men, 41+ years, Advanced technical college entrance qualification/A-levels

Test Date:

10/2014 - 11/2014

Number of cognitive interviewers:

5

Pretests conducted in the lab (video-recorded):

20

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

-

Survey mode:

CAPI

Pretest mode:

CAPI

Procedure:

Use of an evaluation questionnaire

Incentive for respondents:

30 Euros

Project Description:

In the research project "PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L)" GESIS, LIfBi and SOEP are jointly conducting one of the world's first internationally comparable long-term studies on competencies in adulthood and their significance in the life course. The Germany-wide long-term study PIAAC-L investigates questions such as "How do individual competencies affect the career paths of people in Germany?", "What is the connection between personal skills and professional mobility?", "How are competencies distributed within individual families/between partners?", and "What does this mean for career opportunities in our society? Within the framework of PIAAC-L, the German PIAAC sample will be surveyed and tested in three further surveys.

Website:

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

Client:

GESIS, DIW, LIfBi
Anouk Zabal

Pretest Report (German):

Pretest Report (English):

Citation:

Lenzner, T., Neuert, C., Otto, W., Landrock, U., & Menold, N (2014): PIAAC-Longitudinal (PIAAC-L) 2014 (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences