Literacy and Numeracy among Off-Reserve First Nations People and Métis: Do Higher Skill Levels Improve Labour Market Outcomes? Insights on Canadian Society

Autor/inn/en	Arriagada, Paula; Hango, Darcy
Institution	Statistics Canada
Titel	Literacy and Numeracy among Off-Reserve First Nations People and Métis: Do Higher Skill Levels Improve Labour Market Outcomes? Insights on Canadian Society
Quelle	(2016), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2291-0840
Schlagwörter	Canada Natives; Literacy; Numeracy; Nonreservation American Indians; Indigenous Populations; Adults; Labor Market; Employment Level; International Assessment; Ethnicity; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Probability; Predictor Variables; Individual Characteristics; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Sinti und Roma; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Beschäftigungsgrad; Ethnizität; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Prädiktor; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Ausland
Abstract	Existing research shows that higher cognitive skills, such as literacy and numeracy, are associated with greater labour force participation and higher earnings, as well as a positive relationship with self-reported health status. However, this research has not focused specifically on the Aboriginal population in Canada. This article examines the literacy and numeracy skills of off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults, focusing on the factors and labour market outcomes associated with higher skill levels. In this study, individuals in the higher range for literacy and numeracy are defined as those who scored level 3 or higher (out of 5 levels) in tests administered by the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This article begins by providing a profile of the skills of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and the non-Aboriginal adult population aged 25 to 65. The second part of this article examines the factors associated with higher literacy and numeracy skill levels for off-reserve First Nations people and Métis as well as the non-Aboriginal population. The final section focuses on employment outcomes and how they relate to higher skill levels within the core working-age group of adults aged 25 to 54. Data for this article are from the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), a large survey on the information-processing skills of youth and adults aged 16 to 65 in every province and territory in Canada and 23 other countries. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01