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Table B.1. Summary of the background variables common to the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), IALS and ALL
Variable	Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)	International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)	Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL)
Demographics
Age	X	X	X
Gender	X	X	X
Origin
Born outside country	X	X	X
Country of birth	X	X	X
Age at which immigrated	X	X	X
Educational background
Years of schooling	X	X	X
Highest level of educational attainment	X	X	X
Age at which highest qualification was completed	X		X
Language background
First language learned	X	X	X
Language spoken most often at home	X	X	X
Social background
Mother or female guardian born in another country	X	X	X
Highest level of education of mother or female guardian	X	X	X
Father or male guardian born in another country	X	X	X
Highest level of education of father or male guardian	X	X	X
Activity status and employment
Activity status	X	X	X
Had paid work in previous 12 months	X	X	X
Occupation	X	X	X
Supervisory responsibilities
Usual weekly hours of work in main job or business	X	X	X
Gross yearly earnings from employment	X	X	X
Gross yearly earnings from business	X	X	X
Skill use at work (target population: persons currently working or had worked in the previous 12 months)
Reading activities in current or last job	X	X	X
Education or training in previous 12 months
Undertook any education or training	X	X	X
Currently studying for a formal qualification	X	X	X
Reason for study is job-related	X		X
Participated in non-formal education or training in previous 12 months	X		X
Any learning activities in which respondent wanted to undertake but did not	X	X	X
Literacy and numeracy in everyday life
Reading activities in everyday life	X	X	X
Health status
Self-assessed health	X		X
Computer use
Ever used a computer	X		X
Household
Number of persons in household	X	X	X

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Annex B. Content of background questionnaires in the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) and other skills surveys