Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network
Contact
Lotta Larsson
E-mail: lotta.larsson@scb.se
About the network
The objective of the network is to increase awareness of results from the survey. It aims at promoting efficiency of labour market and educational policies in the Nordic and Baltic countries by providing analyses based on the PIAAC data. Moreover, the network aims at increasing the use of combined PIAAC and register data and to facilitate access to data for research purposes.
News
Start of the field phase for the PIAAC main study
The Nordic and Baltic countries started the data collection for the main study of PIAAC in the autumn of 2022. In the main survey, each country is required to collect at least 4 000 interviews in the period between August 2022 and April 2023. The actual number of...
The network’s planned activities
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey measuring skills in literacy, numeracy and problem solving among the adult population. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Latvia form the Nordic-Baltic PIAAC network....
PIAAC Field Test successfully conducted
In the spring and autumn of 2021, the Nordic and Baltic countries collected first data and conducted the PIAAC Field Trial. Read more about the Field Trial and find more information about further work with PIAAC here.
Publications
PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 3
In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.
PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 2
In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.
PIAAC cycle 1 in the Nordic countries – Part 1
In this article, the Danish sociologist Anders Rosdahl presents main findings from PIAAC cycle 1. The article presents skills in the Nordic countries in a comparative perspective and focuses on the uneven distribution of skills with regard to education, age and other factors. It also sheds light on adults with low skills and how adult education matches the needs of this group.
Project Timeline
January
2018
Platform and instrument development
March
2019
Preparation of Field Trial Materials and Procedures
April
2021
Field Trial
September
2021
Field Trial Analysis
November
2021
Preparation of Main Study Materials and Procedures
September
2022
Main Study Data Collection
April
2023
Main Study Analysis and Report Preparation
October
2024
Data Products and Databases.
Final Report Released