Contextual explanations for numeracy and literacy skill disparities between native and foreign-born adults in western countries
Using new direct measures of numeracy and literacy skills among 85,875 adults in 17 Western
countries, we find that foreign-born adults have lower mean skills than native-born adults of the
same age (16 to 64) in all of the examined countries. The gaps are small, and vary substantially between countries. Multilevel models reveal that immigrant populations' demographic and socioeconomic characteris…
Looja
- Levels, Mark
- Dronkers, Jaap
- Jencks, Christopher
Teema
- Education
- Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
- arithmetic
- learning difficulty
- literacy
- adult
- international comparison
- immigration
- multi-level analysis
- demographic factors
- …
- Ränne
- Kirjaoskus
- Haridus
Üksuse liik
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Looja
- Levels, Mark
- Dronkers, Jaap
- Jencks, Christopher
Teema
- Education
- Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy
- arithmetic
- learning difficulty
- literacy
- adult
- international comparison
- immigration
- multi-level analysis
- demographic factors
- …
- Ränne
- Kirjaoskus
- Haridus
Üksuse liik
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Pakkuja institutsioon
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Õigused
- GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
Loomise kuupäev
- 2017
- 2017
Kohad
- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Päritolu
- Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Allikas
- PLOS ONE, 12(3)
Identifikaator
- oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/61826
- 1932-6203
- https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/61826
- urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-61826-8
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172087
- http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/61826/ssoar-plosone-2017-3-levels_et_al-Contextual_explanations_for_numeracy_and.pdf?sequence=1
- http://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/625BABT6EERHI3DPP6YKAHOT62FX24AZ
Ulatus
- Seite(n): 25
Formaat
- application/pdf
Keel
- eng
- eng
Aasta
- 2017
Pakkuja riik
- Germany
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