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  • While many U.S. adult education programs and policies (including the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)) focus on low literacy skill as a barrier to employment, this study recognizes the role of increasing numeracy skill as critical in reducing the probability of unemployment. This study used a series of regression analyses to examine the relationship between numeracy skills and practices and employment status across four categories (currently employed, no experience with paid work, short-term unemployment, and long-term unemployment). Variables investigated included: participants’ scale scores on literacy, numeracy, and PS-TRE assessments and selected demographic characteristics. Methods and Data Source: We ran several sets of analyses on the 2012/14 PIAAC U.S. publicuse data files using Stata 13. In order to answer our research questions, descriptive statistics for all variables as well as a series of multinomial logistic regression models were run utilizing numeracy, literacy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments as the independent variables and employment status/work history as the dependent variable. The initial logistic regression model was first run using only the independent and dependent variables. Next, a model was run including additional control variables with the exception of the six numeracy skill use in everyday life variables. Finally, a model isolating numeracy skill as assessed by PIAAC, the six numeracy skill use in everyday life variables, employment status, and all control variables was run. Key Results: Only increases in numeracy skills were protective of the (un)employment categories of no experience with paid work and long-term unemployment after all variables were added to the model. The study’s results point to the centrality of advanced numeracy skills as protective of continued employment for marginalized groups in the U.S. like women, older adults, and some people of color. Further, some numeracy related everyday life skills were related to employment status. (xsd:string)
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  • https://static1.squarespace.com/static/51bb74b8e4b0139570ddf020/t/5be486bcf950b74caa092c42/1541703356167/2018_Saal_Gholson_Machtmes_Machtmes_Numeracy_EmploymentStatus.pdf. (PIAAC) (xsd:string)
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  • Associations between adults’ numeracy skills and employment status: An analysis of PIAAC’s US dataset (xsd:string)
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