Table 348. | Type of employer involvement and number of courses taken by adult education participants\1\ 17 years old and older, by selected characteristics of participants: 1991 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Adult | Type of employer involvement | Percentage distri- |education| (percent of adult education participants) |bution of the number Characteristics |partici- |_______________________________________________| of adult education of |pants in | Any |Given|Employer|Employer|Employer|Employer| courses taken in participants |the past |type | at | paid |provided|required|provided| the past year | year, | |place| some | course | course | time |____________________ | in | | of |portion | | | off | One |Two or|Four or |thousands| |work | | | | | |three | more ______________________________________|_________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|_____|______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ______________________________________|_________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|_____|______|_______ Total ...........................| 57,391 | 64 | 32 | 51 | 38 | 30 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 21 |_________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|_____|______|_______ Age | | | | | | | | | | 17 to 24 years .....................| 7,125 | 54 | 28 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 39 | 46 | 30 | 22 25 to 34 years .....................| 17,530 | 68 | 31 | 55 | 40 | 36 | 50 | 43 | 34 | 20 35 to 44 years .....................| 17,083 | 70 | 35 | 56 | 40 | 30 | 53 | 38 | 36 | 23 45 to 54 years .....................| 8,107 | 71 | 39 | 59 | 44 | 32 | 55 | 41 | 36 | 22 55 to 64 years .....................| 4,516 | 64 | 30 | 48 | 36 | 27 | 45 | 50 | 32 | 16 65 years and over ..................| 3,031 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 27 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | Sex | | | | | | | | | | Men ................................| 25,923 | 73 | 35 | 58 | 42 | 34 | 56 | 42 | 37 | 19 Women ..............................| 31,469 | 57 | 29 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 41 | 44 | 31 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | Racial/ethnic group | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic ................| 47,401 | 65 | 32 | 53 | 39 | 30 | 49 | 42 | 35 | 21 Black, non-Hispanic ................| 4,586 | 59 | 36 | 48 | 41 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 31 | 24 Hispanic ...........................| 4,032 | 58 | 30 | 39 | 33 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 27 | 14 Other races, non-Hispanic ..........| 1,371 | 56 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 39 | 27 | 28 | | | | | | | | | | Highest level of education | | | | | | | | | | completed | | | | | | | | | | Less than high school diploma ......| 3,437 | 35 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 72 | 17 | 8 High school diploma .............. | 31,602 | 62 | 31 | 50 | 36 | 31 | 45 | 47 | 32 | 18 Associate degree ...................| 2,461 | 76 | 47 | 66 | 51 | 39 | 63 | 32 | 40 | 25 Bachelor's degree or higher ........| 19,891 | 71 | 34 | 57 | 44 | 30 | 56 | 33 | 39 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | Labor force status | | | | | | | | | | In labor force .....................| 49,242 | 72 | 36 | 58 | 43 | 34 | 54 | 41 | 35 | 22 Employed .........................| 47,143 | 74 | 37 | 60 | 44 | 35 | 56 | 40 | 36 | 22 Unemployed .......................| 2,099 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 56 | 23 | 16 Not in labor force..................| 8,149 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 60 | 26 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | Annual family income | | | | | | | | | | $10,000 or less ....................| 3,843 | 39 | 18 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 59 | 20 | 15 $10,001 to $15,000 .................| 3,178 | 52 | 27 | 37 | 24 | 27 | 37 | 53 | 32 | 13 $15,001 to $20,000 .................| 3,308 | 57 | 28 | 42 | 35 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 37 | 15 $20,001 to $25,000 .................| 4,063 | 67 | 34 | 46 | 37 | 34 | 48 | 48 | 32 | 17 $25,001 to $30,000 .................| 5,445 | 58 | 30 | 48 | 38 | 29 | 39 | 44 | 34 | 19 $30,001 to $40,000 .................| 9,043 | 68 | 35 | 57 | 43 | 35 | 50 | 42 | 32 | 24 $40,001 to $50,000 .................| 9,313 | 67 | 34 | 55 | 42 | 33 | 50 | 45 | 32 | 20 $50,001 to $75,000 .................| 11,235 | 72 | 35 | 61 | 43 | 32 | 58 | 39 | 37 | 22 More than $75,000 ..................| 7,963 | 68 | 30 | 54 | 37 | 24 | 53 | 32 | 41 | 26 ______________________________________|_________|_____|_____|________|________|________|________|_____|______|_______ |
\1\Adult education is defined as all non-full-time education activities such as part-time college attendance, classes or seminars given by employers, and classes taken for adult literacy purposes, or for recreation and enjoyment. NOTE.--Data are based upon a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Participation in Adult Education," unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1991.) |