PPT-PIAAC: Delivering the Survey in Ireland

Kevin McCormack Senior Statistician Social Analysis wwwPIAACie PIAACcsoie Overview Background Development Survey Process Content Results Dissemination Handouts PIAAC Brochure Background Questionnaire. brPage 1br Northern Ireland Learning brPage 2br Northern Ireland Learning brPage 3br Northern Ireland Learning brPage 4br Northern Ireland Learning Six Years After Crisis, Emerald Isle Is Wearing the Green – But Not Rolling In It. Ireland’s Better – Not Great . Growing Faster than U.S. – GDP Rose 4.8% in 2014 v. 2.4% in U.S.. Unemployment is Still 10.1% -- U.S. is 5.5%. How the folk music of Ireland has influenced classical music. Lesson Overview . The students will learn about the culture and music of Ireland and the influences of Irish folk music on classical music.. Siobhán Rudden. Development Officer. Regional Assemblies Annual Conference. 28. th. November 2014. ‘To . provide the framework for organisations in the cross-border area to actively cooperate to address challenges and shared priorities of common interest on both sides of the Irish Sea thereby contributing and adding value to the economic and sustainable development priorities of Ireland and . William Thorn, OECD. william.thorn@oecd.org. Objectives . Provide some background to PIAAC regarding: . Its origins . Its objectives, . Its novel elements, and. Its output. . Origins. 1980s - early 1990s. RoI. ports. Comparison of PCI and SOT. Estimates of Visitors to NI through . RoI. ports. 3 surveys . collect information on Visitors to Ireland. (2 specifically ask questions for NI). Country of Residence Survey. And it’s Major Cities. . Charlotte Barlow. 5/6 C. Introduction. Ireland is the 3. rd. largest island in Europe and although English is widely spoken, it’s official language is Irish Gaelic. . Some of the symbols that represent Ireland include the Green Shamrock, The Harp, and the Celtic Cross. . “The . Great Irish . Hunger . epoch . changed . the . face and the heart of Ireland. .. The . Famine--yielded like the ice of . the Northern Seas;. it . ran like melted snows in the . veins . of Ireland . There are 32 counties in Ireland. Twenty-six of them are located in the Republic of Ireland. The other six counties are in Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom.. Northern Ireland . Republic of Ireland . “The . Great Irish . Hunger . epoch . changed . the . face and the heart of Ireland. .. The . Famine--yielded like the ice of . the Northern Seas;. it . ran like melted snows in the . veins . of Ireland . - Only the island. - Only the country. - Both the island and the country. 2. Why is the Country sometimes called Republic of Ireland?. What is the official name of the Country?. - Ireland. - Republic of Ireland. The population of Dublin is approximately 1,273,069.. The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins resides in . Áras. an . Uachtaráin. in Phoenix Park in Dublin.. Our capital city offers many facilities such as the Zoo, . Abstract. Introduction . USA, Canada, and New Zealand. To . address this concern of cultural incompatibility, . we utilized . variables that reflect cultural norms in the PIAAC data set to run hierarchical cluster analysis. The objective of cluster analyses is to find out which countries are similar to the US in terms of shared patterns of learning behaviors, attitudes toward social trust, cultural engagement and political . Guillermo . Montt. Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. g. uillermo.montt@oecd.org. ELS Seminar. June 2015. What is field-of-study mismatch?. “English Lit – How about you?”. E.g. .