Fundamente gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe. Neues empirisches Wissen aus der PIAAC-Erhebung zu den unteren Kompetenzniveaus

PIAAC 2011/12 now marks the first time that data is available for Austria about the basic competence dimensions. For the article, a risk group has been modelled which achieved low competence levels in all three measured test domains. The survey included those who scored at Level 1 and below in literacy and numeracy; as regards the ‘problem-solving in technology-rich environments’ skill, it was necessary to distinguish between different groups: people who had no computer experience, those who failed in the computer mouse test, and adults who ‘opted out’ of taking the computer-based assessment were counted as part of the risk group if they have attained correspondingly low values in literacy and numeracy because this makes the acquisition and application of ICT skills and the development of technology-related problem-solving skills more difficult. Of those respondents who took the computer-based assessment, those are counted among the risk group who scored below Level 1 as their maximum here (below 241 points) and less than 226 points in literacy and numeracy. The size of this group was determined as 11.4% of 16-65-year-olds in Austria, this corresponds to an absolute figure of some 640,000 people. This group was examined in terms of its social profile and its social participation/integration dimensions.