| Type of activity |
1995 |
1999 |
2001 |
2005 |
|
| Age 16 or older |
|
|
|
|
| Overall participation |
40.2 |
44.5 |
46.4 |
44.4 |
| Work-related courses |
20.9 |
22.1 |
29.7 |
26.9 |
| Personal interest courses |
19.9 |
22.2 |
21.3 |
21.4 |
| Part-time degree or diploma programs |
6.1 |
9.3 |
5.5 |
5.0 |
| Other activities1 |
2.9 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Ages 16–24 |
|
|
|
|
| Overall participation |
47.0 |
50.1 |
52.8 |
52.9 |
| Work-related courses |
14.6 |
16.3 |
22.3 |
21.2 |
| Personal interest courses |
21.5 |
22.7 |
27.6 |
26.6 |
| Part-time degree or diploma programs |
12.6 |
13.6 |
12.8 |
11.4 |
| Other activities1 |
8.7 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
9.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Age 25 or older |
|
|
|
|
| Overall participation |
39.3 |
43.8 |
45.6 |
43.2 |
| Work-related courses |
21.8 |
22.9 |
30.7 |
27.7 |
| Personal interest courses |
19.6 |
22.1 |
20.5 |
20.7 |
| Part-time degree or diploma programs |
5.2 |
8.7 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
| Other activities1 |
2.1 |
3.1 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
|
1Includes basic skills training, apprenticeships, and English as a Second Language (ESL) courses.
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NOTE: Estimates exclude persons who were attending elementary or secondary school, on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, or institutionalized. Estimates include part-time participation in college or university degree programs and vocational or technical diploma programs. Full-time participation for all or part of the year in a degree or diploma program was not counted as an adult education activity.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Education Survey of the 1995, 1999, and 2005 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) and Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Survey of the 2001 NHES.
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