U.S. PIAAC Cycle I (2012 - 2017) Public Use Files

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Name	File Type	Size	Last Modified
2012-2014 US PIAAC Household Study PUF.zip	application/zip	42.3 MB	02/25/2025 02:14:PM
2017 US PIAAC Household Study PUF.zip	application/zip	22.9 MB	02/25/2025 02:23:PM
US PIAAC 2012-2014-2017 Technical Report.pdf	application/pdf	5.7 MB	02/25/2025 03:07:PM

Project Citation:

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. U.S. PIAAC Cycle I (2012 - 2017) Public Use Files. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-03-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E220802V1

Project Description

Project Title: U.S. PIAAC Cycle I (2012 - 2017) Public Use Files

Summary:

The PIAAC U.S. 2017 public-use file (PUF) contains individual unit data including both responses to the background questionnaire and the cognitive assessment from the third U.S. PIAAC data collection, completed in 2017. Statistical disclosure control treatments were applied due to confidentiality concerns. For more details on the PUF, please refer to Appendix E of the U.S. PIAAC Technical Report (NCES 2020-224).

The PIAAC 2012/14 U.S. PUF contains individual unit record data including both responses to the background questionnaire and the cognitive assessment from both the first and second U.S. PIAAC data collections, completed in 2012 and 2014, respectively. In September 2017, the PUF was reissued, with an Errata Sheet detailing the revisions. Statistical disclosure control treatments were applied due to confidentiality concerns. For more details on the PUF, please refer to Appendix E of the U.S. PIAAC Technical Report (NCES 2016-036REV).

Original Distribution URL: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/datafiles.asp

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: adult literacy; numeracy

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 2012 – 2017

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Data Source: See included technical reports

Weights: See the included technical reports

Unit(s) of Observation: Individual

Geographic Unit: Census Region

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