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The Skills for Life Survey Key Findings

The Skills for Life Survey Key Findings. 23 January 2004 Andrew Lincoln. Background to the survey - ‘The Moser report’. Sir Claus Moser report 1999: A fresh start Estimated that 7 million adults in England have poor literacy skills, more for numeracy

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The Skills for Life Survey Key Findings

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  1. The Skills for Life SurveyKey Findings 23 January 2004 Andrew Lincoln

  2. Background to the survey - ‘The Moser report’ • Sir Claus Moser report 1999: A fresh start • Estimated that 7 million adults in England have poor literacy skills, more for numeracy • Report led to Skills for Life strategy… and the commitment to a comprehensive new survey of needs

  3. Needs survey assessment design • Designed by CDELL & BMRB • Assigned respondents to levels underpinning National standards • Some questions adapted from Adult Literacy/ Numeracy assessments • Some were new but took account of questions used in other major surveys • Piloted among basic skills students / tutors • Final questions re-checked against Core Curriculum statements

  4. Survey details • Survey in two parts: • Background questionnaire + literacy test + numeracy test (rotated order) • ICT awareness + practical assessments • Fieldwork July 2002 to May 2003 • 8,730 first interviews with adults aged 16-65 • Achieved interview in 59% of selected households • Data weighted to be representative • 4,656 second interviews (70% of issued sample)

  5. Adult Literacy in England 2002-03 (aged 16-65) 14.1 m • 5.2 m with below level 1 literacy 12.6 m 3.5 m 1.1 m 0.6 m Base: all respondents w/literacy score (7873)

  6. Adult Numeracy in England 2002-03 (aged 16-65) • 15 m with below Level 1 numeracy 8.8 m 8.1 m 8.1 m 5.1 m 1.7 m Base: all respondents w/numeracy score (8041)

  7. Numeracy level by gender Level 2 Level 1 EL 3 EL 1/2 Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group (3540, 4501)

  8. Numeracy level by age Level 2 Level 1 EL 3 EL 1/2 Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group (from 461 to 2093)

  9. Proportions achieving Level 2 Numeracy Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group (from 214 to 1179)

  10. Literacy level by Ethnicity 100% 45% 34% 100% 35% English = first language Level 2 Level 1 EL 3 EL 1/2 Base: all respondents with literacy score (69 to 123 for minorities, 7105 for White British)

  11. Literacy level: English as 1st / not 1st language ESOL respondents who claim to be ‘very good’ speakers of English match 1st language performance Level 2 7% could not read English at all: default to EL1 Level 1 EL 3 EL 1/2 Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (7488,385)

  12. Numeracy level by HIGHEST qualification L2 L1 EL Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group (from 257 to 1827)

  13. Numeracy level and labour market performance Base: all employed (4127/ 1417) unemployed (322/2167) with numeracy test scores

  14. Income p.a. - earnings associated with numeracy performance ALL ROUGH MEAN £20,600 £17,100 £24,200 £15,100 £11,900 £20k+ £20,000 £15-20k 48% £10-15k £5-10k 18% 19% <£5k 10% 4% NUMERACY score Base: all FT employed respondents with numeracy score in each group (from 90 to 1131)

  15. Adult Literacy in London(aged 16-65) • 54% with Level1 or below literacy in London • 56% with Level1 or below literacy nationally Base: all London resp’s w/literacy score (1168)

  16. Adult Numeracy in London (aged 16-65) • 75% with Level1 or below numeracy in London • 74% with Level1 or below numeracy nationally Base: all respondents w/numeracy score (1190)

  17. Literacy need by region (GOR) % at Entry levels 1-3 Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (from 749 to 1122)

  18. Numeracy need by region (GOR) % at Entry levels 1-3 Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group (from 766 to 1138)

  19. Literacy level bygender in London Level 2 Level 1 EL 1/2/3 Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (575, 594)

  20. Numeracy level bygender in London Level 2 Level 1 EL 1/2/3 Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (575, 594)

  21. Numeracy level byage in London Level 2 Level 1 EL 1/2/3 Base: all respondents with numeracy score in each group in London

  22. Literacy level by ethnic group in London Level 2 Level 1 EL 1/2/3 Base: all respondents with literacy score in London (1171)

  23. Proportion of population whose first language is/is not English Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (946,222)

  24. Literacy level when English is/is not 1st language in London Level 2 Level 1 EL 1/2/3 Base: all respondents with literacy score in each group (946,222)

  25. London LSC literacy levels

  26. London LSC numeracy levels

  27. For more info • Full report available from DfES website: • www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR490.pdf

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