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PIAAC 2017 Adults With Children
Parents and Non-parents, by literacy and numeracy proficiency levels
Number of
Adults
16–74 Percent of
Adults
16–74 Number of
Adults
16–65 Percent of
Adults
16–65 Number of
Adults
16–54 Percent of
Adults
16–54
Adults
16–74 Percent of
Adults
16–74 Number of
Adults
16–65 Percent of
Adults
16–65 Number of
Adults
16–54 Percent of
Adults
16–54
| Characteristics | Total | Have children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| † Not applicable. NOTE: Respondents were asked whether they have children, and were instructed to include stepchildren and children not living in the respondent’s household. Standard errors are in parentheses. The population excludes literacy-related non-response and cases for which information on children is not available. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The percentages show, for example, that 78 percent of those with literacy below level 1 have children and that 22 percent of those with literacy below level 1 do not have children. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2012/2014 | ||||||
| All adults | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 59.5 | standard error (0.74) | 40.5 | standard error (0.74) |
| Literacy proficiency levels (all) | ||||||
| Below level 1 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 78.3 | standard error (3.72) | 21.7 | standard error (3.72) |
| Level 1 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 67.7 | standard error (2.10) | 32.3 | standard error (2.10) |
| Level 2 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 61.3 | standard error (1.41) | 38.7 | standard error (1.41) |
| Level 3 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 56.7 | standard error (1.45) | 43.3 | standard error (1.45) |
| Level 4/5 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 50.7 | standard error (2.67) | 49.3 | standard error (2.67) |
| Literacy proficiency levels (collapsed) | ||||||
| Below level 2 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 70.2 | standard error (1.55) | 29.8 | standard error (1.55) |
| Level 2 and above | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 57.5 | standard error (0.92) | 42.5 | standard error (0.92) |
| Numeracy proficiency levels (all) | ||||||
| Below level 1 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 71.5 | standard error (2.87) | 28.5 | standard error (2.87) |
| Level 1 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 64.5 | standard error (1.76) | 35.5 | standard error (1.76) |
| Level 2 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 60.0 | standard error (1.38) | 40.0 | standard error (1.38) |
| Level 3 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 55.7 | standard error (2.03) | 44.3 | standard error (2.03) |
| Level 4/5 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 51.1 | standard error (3.45) | 48.9 | standard error (3.45) |
| Numeracy proficiency levels (collapsed) | ||||||
| Below level 2 | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 66.5 | standard error (1.23) | 33.5 | standard error (1.23) |
| Level 1 and above | 100.0 | standard error (Not applicable †) | 57.0 | standard error (1.02) | 43.0 | standard error (1.02) |
