Most Recent Adult Level Tables

The tables below present the most recently available data on adults' participation in work-related coursetaking. Most of these tables report data from the 2005 administration of the Adult Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program; some tables report data from a previous survey in 2003 that included additional questions on informal work-related learning activities and on learning outcomes. (Additional tables from 2003 that correspond to the 2005 tables listed below are available using the link on the left.) In both sets of tables, students seeking college certificates or degrees are excluded, to avoid overlap with the section of tables on postsecondary education. See the glossary for more detail on the adult populations included and definitions of variables used in the 2003 and 2005 tables.

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• Adults' participation in work-related courses
  • Extent of participation
    • Table A5 Participation rates, all activities
    • Table A1 Participation rates, courses
  • Participation among different groups of adults
    • Table A1 Participation rates
    • Table A2 Distribution of participants
  • Number of courses taken
    • Table A6Number taken by adults
    • Table A7 Number taken by participants
  • Hours of coursework taken
    • Table A8 Hours taken by participants
• Characteristics of participation (what is studied, from whom, and how)
  • Topics studied in courses
    • Table A3 Topics studied by adults
    • Table A4 Topics studied by participants
  • Instructional providers for courses
    • Table A11 Providers
    • Table A12 Providers by topic
  • Use of distance education
    • Table A26 Percent who used distance education
  • Types of informal learning
    • Table A21 2003 rates for adults
    • Table A22 2003 rates for participants
• Costs to participants and sources of support
  • Extent to which participants pay for coursetaking
    • Table A15 Pay rates
    • Table A16 Pay rates by provider and topic
  • Employer support for coursetaking
    • Table A13 Employer support rates
    • Table A14 Employer support by provider and topic
• Outcomes of participation
  • Receipt of state or industry credential for coursetaking
    • Table A23 2003 credentialing rates
    • Table A24 2003 rates by provider, topic, and reason for participation
  • Receipt of continuing education units for cousetaking
    • Table A23 2003 continuing education rates
    • Table A24 2003 rates by provider, topic, and reason for participation
  • Perceived usefulness of courses
    • Table A17 Usefulness ratings
    • Table A18 Ratings by provider, topic, and goal
  • Perceived skill and labor market outcomes of coursetaking
    • Table A19 2003 outcomes
  • Perceived skill and labor market outcomes from informal learning
    • Table A25 2003 outcomes
• Goals and demands for work-related courses
  • Reasons for participation
    • Table A9 Occupational reasons
    • Table A10 Credential reasons
  • Views on interest, support, and need for training
    • Table A20 2003 views
• Adults' participation in apprenticeship programs
  • Table A27 Extent of participation
  • Table A28 Trade or craft studied
  • Table A29 Providers of instruction
  • Table A30 Length of programs, use of classroom instruction, and costs to participants

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