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Publications - International Adult Literacy Survey - Research Papers

Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective (pdf)
Rubenson, Kjell, Richard and Ee Seul Yoon
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2007, 104 p.
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 17

At risk: a socio-economic analysis of health and literacy among seniors (pdf)

Roberts, Paul and Gail Fawcett
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1998, 68 p. (D5)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 5

Benchmarking adult literacy in North America: an international comparative study (pdf)
Tuijnam, Albert
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2001, 61 p.
Catalogue no.: 89-572-XIE

The Canadian Component of the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS): The Situation of Official Language Minorities (pdf)

Ottawa: Statistics Canada; Human Resources and Social Development Canada; National Office of Literacy and Learning; Canadian Heritage, 2006, 91 p.
Catalogue no. 89-552-XIE, no. 15

Catching up with the Swedes: probing the Canada-Sweden literacy gap (pdf)
Kapsalis, Constantine
Hull, Québec: The National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada, 2001, 57 p. (D9)

The effect of literacy on immigrant earnings
Ferrer, Anna, David A. Green and W. Craig Riddell
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2004, 47 p. (D13)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 12

Employee training: an international perspective (pdf)
Kapsalis, Constantine
Ottawa: Statistics Canada ; Human Resources Development Canada, 1997,
56 p. (D2)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MPE, no.2

Gaining and Losing Literacy Skills Over the Lifecourse (pdf)
Willms, J. Douglass and T. Scott Murray
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2007, 26 p.
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MWE, no.16

Human Capital and Canadian Provincial Standards of Living (pdf)
Coulombe, Serge and Jean-François Tremblay
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2006, 44 p. (D15)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no.14

Inequalities in literacy skills among youth in Canada and the United States (pdf)
Willms, J. Douglass
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1999, 42 p. (D6)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 6

Literacy and literacy training of francophones in Canada: results of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) (pdf)
Wagner, Serge
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2002, 83 p. (D11)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 10

Literacy, numeracy and labour market outcomes in Canada (pdf)
Green, David A. and W. Craig Riddell
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2001, 46 p. (D8)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 8

Literacy scores, human capital and growth across fourteen OECD countries (pdf)
Coulombe, Serge, Jean-François Tremblay and Sylvie Marchand
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2004, 86 p. (D12)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 11

Literacy skills, occupational assignment and the returns to over-and under-education (pdf)
Boothby, Daniel
Ottawa: Human Resources Development Canada, National Literacy Secretariat, 2002, 48 p. (D10)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 9

Literacy skills of Canadian youth (pdf)
Willms, J. Douglas
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1997, 37 p. (D1)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 1

Literacy utilization in Canadian workplaces (pdf)
Krahn, Harvey and Graham S. Lowe
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, 1998, 80 p. (D4)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no.4

Measuring Adult Literacy and Life Skills: New Frameworks for Assessment (pdf)
Murray, T. Scott, Yvan Clermont and Marilyn Binkley
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2005, 408 p. (D14)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 13

Schooling, literacy and individual earnings (pdf)
Osberg, Lars
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2000, 36 p. (D7)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 7

The value of words: literacy and economic security in Canada (pdf)
Shalla, Vivian and Grant Schellenberg
Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1998, 72 p. (D3)
Catalogue no.: 89-552-MIE, no. 3