CONTENTS

-3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-2. LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
-1. KEY FINDINGS
0. SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DATA SOURCE AND MEASURES
   1. Measures of literacy and numeracy in ALL
   2. Interpreting the ALL measures of literacy and numeracy
   3. Study population
   4. Industry and occupation definitions
   5. Representativeness of the ALL sample
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKERS WITH LOW LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS
   1. Introduction
   2. Personal and job characteristics
   3. Use of reading, writing and numeracy skills at work
4. THE PREVALENCE OF LOW LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS IN THE WORKFORCE: INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATIONAL PATTERNS
5. FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
   1. Introduction
   2. Education and training rates
   3. Education and training rates of workers with different levels of literacy or numeracy
   4. Who is more likely to participate in further education or training?
      1. Education and training rates by worker characteristics - descriptive statistics
      2. Multivariate analysis of further education and training participation patterns
      3. Summary
   5. Concluding comments
6. REFERENCES
7. APPENDIX 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE SKILL LEVELS
8. APPENDIX 2: OCCUPATION AND INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONS
9. APPENDIX 3: ADDITIONAL TABLES

 

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