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Table A39. Mean reading skills use at work among employed adults ages 16-65, by OECD member country: 2012 or 2015

Country Mean  
New Zealand 2.3  
Australia 2.3  
Norway 2.3  
United States 2.2  
Finland 2.2  
Sweden 2.2  
Japan 2.2  
Denmark 2.2  
Germany 2.2  
England (UK) 2.2  
Canada 2.2  
Korea 2.1  
Austria 2.1  
Netherlands 2.1  
Northern Ireland (UK) 2.1  
Ireland 2.0  
Estonia 2.0  
OECD Average 2.0  
Flanders (Belgium) 2.0  
Spain 2.0  
Czech Republic1 2.0  
France 1.9  
Slovenia 1.9  
Chile 1.9  
Slovak Republic 1.9  
Poland 1.9  
Israel 1.8  
Italy 1.8  
Greece 1.7  
Turkey 1.5  
1 The item response rate for this country was below 85 percent. Missing data were not imputed.
NOTE: Skills use was measured on a 5-point scale, where 1="Never"; 2="Less than once a month"; 3="Less than once a week"; 4="At least once a week"; and 5="Every day". Estimates for Chile, Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Slovenia, and Turkey based on 2015 data, and estimates for all other countries based on 2012 data.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012, 2015.
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