Table 359. | Participation of employed persons, 17 years old and over, in adult education during the previous 12 months, by selected characteristics of participants: 1995 and 1999 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1995 | 1999 |________________________________________________________________|__________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | |Percent of employed adults| Number | Percent | | |Percent of employed adults participating | Number |Number Characteristics |Employed| Adult | participating |of career|of career|Employed| Adult |__________________________________________________________|of career|of career of |persons,| educa- |__________________________| or job- | or job- |persons,| educa- | | In | In | In | | or job- |or job- employed persons | in | tion | | In | | | related | related | in | tion | In |part- |career | ap- |Other | related |related | thou- |partici-| In |part- |Other| In | courses | courses | thou- |partici-| any |time |or job- |pren- |per- | courses |courses | sands | pants, | any | time |per- |career | taken, |provided | sands | pants, |pro- |higher |related |tice |sonal |taken, in|taken, | |in thou-|pro- |higher|sonal|or job-| per |by busi- | |in thou-|gram |educa- |courses |pro- |cour- |thousands| per | | sands |gram |educa-|cour-|related|employee | nesses | | sands | |tion | |grams | ses | |employee | | | | tion | ses |courses| | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________|________|________|_____|______|_____|_______|_________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________|_________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 ___________________________________|________|________|_____|______|_____|_______|_________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________|_________|___________ Total ........................|117,826 | 59,734 |50.7 | 8.2 |22.0 | 31.1 | 0.78 | 49.0 |132,715 | 69,644 |52.5 (1.3)|11.9 (0.8)|30.5 (1.1)| 2.2 (0.4)|23.4 (1.1)| 91,369 |0.70 (0.03) |________|________|_____|______|_____|_______|_________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|___________|__________|___________|_________|___________ Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men .............................| 63,127 | 29,346 |46.5 | 7.0 |17.9 | 29.0 | 0.70 | 46.7 | 69,950 | 33,671 |48.1 (1.4)|11.6 (0.8)|28.3 (1.2)| 3.0 (0.4)|18.2 (1.0)| 43,645 |0.62 (0.03) Women ...........................| 54,699 | 30,387 |55.6 | 9.7 |26.8 | 33.4 | 0.86 | 50.9 | 62,765 | 35,973 |57.3 (1.3)|12.4 (0.8)|32.9 (1.1)| 1.4 (0.3)|29.2 (1.1)| 47,724 |0.76 (0.03) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 to 24 years ..................| 15,104 | 7,653 |50.7 | 14.2 |21.8 | 18.6 | 0.39 | 53.8 | 16,697 | 8,412 |50.4 (2.7)|16.2 (1.8)|19.1 (1.9)| 4.4 (1.4)|19.8 (1.8)| 6,836 |0.41 (0.06) 25 to 29 years ..................| 14,207 | 7,746 |54.5 | 12.5 |22.2 | 31.2 | 0.76 | 51.3 | 15,352 | 8,871 |57.8 (2.8)|20.2 (2.0)|34.3 (2.4)| 3.7 (0.9)|23.4 (2.2)| 11,862 |0.77 (0.08) 30 to 34 years ..................| 16,291 | 8,323 |51.1 | 8.9 |22.8 | 31.6 | 0.78 | 49.7 | 16,343 | 9,556 |58.5 (2.8)|14.2 (1.8)|34.4 (2.5)| 2.9 (0.8)|26.0 (2.3)| 12,675 |0.78 (0.08) 35 to 39 years ..................| 17,595 | 9,361 |53.2 | 8.4 |21.8 | 35.1 | 0.91 | 51.8 | 20,041 | 10,309 |51.4 (2.6)|11.8 (1.5)|29.2 (2.2)| 1.6 (0.5)|25.1 (2.3)| 14,192 |0.71 (0.07) 40 to 44 years ..................| 16,049 | 8,906 |55.5 | 8.0 |26.0 | 36.6 | 0.93 | 44.9 | 18,392 | 10,126 |55.1 (2.7)|10.7 (1.5)|36.4 (2.4)| 1.5 (0.6)|25.6 (2.2)| 15,415 |0.84 (0.07) 45 to 49 years ..................| 13,743 | 7,586 |55.2 | 6.3 |23.0 | 39.6 | 1.03 | 44.8 | 14,944 | 8,231 |55.1 (2.9)| 9.8 (1.4)|30.4 (2.4)| 1.8 (0.8)|27.7 (2.4)| 9,886 |0.66 (0.06) 50 to 54 years ..................| 10,408 | 5,222 |50.2 | 4.9 |20.9 | 34.4 | 0.87 | 49.2 | 12,820 | 6,658 |51.9 (3.0)| 6.2 (1.1)|34.7 (2.6)| 1.3 (0.5)|23.1 (2.3)| 9,820 |0.77 (0.07) 55 to 59 years ..................| 6,698 | 2,667 |39.8 | 2.3 |18.0 | 26.7 | 0.66 | 46.8 | 9,672 | 4,319 |44.7 (3.3)| 7.9 (1.9)|30.3 (2.8)| 0.8 (0.6)|16.7 (2.3)| 6,135 |0.63 (0.08) 60 to 64 years ..................| 4,435 | 1,394 |31.4 | 0.6 |15.3 | 21.1 | 0.49 | 58.6 | 4,526 | 1,900 |42.0 (4.4)| 4.6 (1.6)|27.2 (3.8)| 0.8 (0.8)|18.1 (3.0)| 3,004 |0.66 (0.15) 65 and over .....................| 3,297 | 876 |26.6 | 0.3 |16.3 | 13.7 | 0.37 | 39.7 | 2,135 | 837 |39.2 (6.0)| 4.3 (2.5)|20.3 (4.2)| 0.2 (0.3)|21.3 (5.0)| 800 |0.39 (0.08) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Racial/ethnic group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic .............| 92,333 | 47,967 |51.9 | 8.0 |22.7 | 33.2 | 0.83 | 47.9 | 96,581 | 51,612 |53.4 (1.1)|11.5 (0.6)|32.8 (1.0)| 1.7 (0.3)|24.3 (0.9)| 71,627 |0.64 (0.03) Black, non-Hispanic .............| 11,577 | 5,800 |50.1 | 10.5 |23.1 | 26.2 | 0.67 | 58.4 | 15,227 | 8,160 |53.6 (2.8)|13.0 (1.6)|28.1 (2.3)| 4.1 (1.3)|26.2 (2.4)| 9,754 |0.96 (0.07) Hispanic ........................| 8,980 | 3,627 |40.4 | 6.7 |15.1 | 18.1 | 0.37 | 46.8 | 13,805 | 6,107 |44.2 (3.1)|10.6 (1.7)|16.4 (1.8)| 4.3 (1.5)|15.9 (2.2)| 5,061 |0.53 (0.05) Asian American/Pacific Islander .| 2,825 | 1,246 |44.1 | 8.0 |15.1 | 25.5 | 0.58 | 48.6 | 4,273 | 2,275 |53.2 (5.5)|19.6 (4.3)|32.8 (4.8)| # # |20.5 (4.2)| 3,135 |0.37 (0.15) American Indian/Alaska Native ...| 663 | 329 |49.6 | 13.9 |25.2 | 34.0 | 0.86 | 54.6 | 667 | 350 |52.5 (13.1)|20.9 (10.0)|29.5 (11.5)| 6.8 (5.6)|10.0 (6.0)| 642 |0.73 (0.52) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Highest level of education | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | completed | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than high school completion | 9,635 | 2,444 |25.4 | 0.8 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 0.15 | 56.6 | 14,493 | 4,271 |29.5 (8.8)| 3.2 (2.0)| 7.9 (2.3)| 2.5 (1.7)|11.1 (3.1)| 1,987 |0.41 (0.05) High school completion ..........| 38,071 | 14,639 |38.5 | 4.9 |16.5 | 20.9 | 0.45 | 56.7 | 37,383 | 15,037 |40.2 (1.8)| 8.9 (0.9)|21.4 (1.5)| 2.4 (0.6)|16.2 (1.3)| 15,250 |0.82 (0.03) Some vocational/technical .......| 3,997 | 2,078 |52.0 | 7.2 |23.5 | 32.3 | 0.82 | 45.3 | 4,165 | 2,025 |48.6 (15.5)| 9.7 (3.5)|28.7 (5.8)| 5.1 (3.2)|21.5 (5.7)| 3,030 |0.91 (0.17) Some college ....................| 23,006 | 12,868 |55.9 | 14.3 |25.4 | 29.9 | 0.74 | 53.5 | 24,577 | 13,860 |56.4 (2.1)|16.7 (1.5)|29.0 (1.8)| 3.0 (0.7)|27.0 (1.8)| 17,331 |0.71 (0.06) Associate degree ................| 7,591 | 4,746 |62.5 | 13.3 |27.7 | 39.2 | 1.02 | 49.7 | 9,240 | 5,698 |61.7 (3.3)|19.3 (2.4)|39.7 (3.1)| 2.6 (0.9)|25.2 (2.8)| 8,133 |0.88 (0.09) Bachelor's degree ..............| 20,602 | 12,948 |62.8 | 8.3 |26.5 | 44.6 | 1.17 | 47.2 | 23,943 | 15,377 |64.2 (2.1)|12.5 (1.3)|43.8 (2.0)| 1.0 (0.3)|29.8 (1.8)| 24,068 |1.01 (0.06) Some graduate work (or study) ...| 14,924 | 10,010 |67.1 | 9.9 |29.6 | 50.2 | 1.40 | 40.3 | 18,914 | 13,377 |70.7 (19.4)|14.6 (3.1)|46.8 (4.2)| 1.4 (1.0)|34.0 (3.7)| 21,570 |1.22 (0.14) No degree .....................| 2,770 | 1,987 |71.8 | 19.7 |34.8 | 44.3 | 1.20 | 45.6 | 3,168 | 2,353 |74.3 (4.5)|24.4 (4.1)|54.2 (4.9)| 0.9 (0.7)|30.4 (4.3)| 3,785 |1.19 (0.14) Master's ......................| 8,149 | 5,456 |67.0 | 9.6 |30.4 | 50.5 | 1.44 | 41.7 | 10,243 | 7,266 |70.9 (2.9)|13.6 (2.0)|45.3 (3.0)| 0.9 (0.4)|36.8 (2.9)| 11,711 |1.14 (0.11) Doctor's ......................| 2,060 | 1,133 |55.0 | 5.0 |22.4 | 40.4 | 0.98 | 35.5 | 3,698 | 2,350 |63.6 (5.3)| 9.7 (2.6)|34.4 (4.8)| 3.2 (1.5)|32.8 (5.0)| 2,623 |0.71 (0.12) Professional ..................| 1,946 | 1,434 |73.7 | 2.6 |26.4 | 67.6 | 1.97 | 31.4 | 1,804 | 1,407 |78.0 (6.6)|13.0 (7.1)|67.6 (7.0)| 1.4 (1.4)|26.6 (5.7)| 3,452 |1.91 (0.31) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metropolitan area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inside metropolitan area ........| 89,192 | 46,911 |52.6 | 8.7 |22.6 | 32.4 | 0.81 | 48.6 |102,278 | 54,210 |53.0 (1.9)|11.7 (1.0)|31.5 (1.7)| 2.3 (0.5)|23.1 (1.5)| 73,498 |0.72 (0.05) Inside central city ...........| 74,367 | 39,519 |53.1 | 8.8 |22.5 | 33.3 | 0.83 | 48.3 | 87,662 | 46,478 |53.0 (1.2)|12.0 (0.7)|31.2 (1.0)| 2.4 (0.4)|23.3 (0.9)| 61,774 |0.70 (0.03) Outside central city ..........| 14,825 | 7,392 |49.9 | 8.0 |23.1 | 27.9 | 0.70 | 50.9 | 14,616 | 7,732 |52.9 (2.8)| 9.6 (1.5)|32.9 (2.5)| 1.8 (0.6)|21.8 (2.1)| 11,724 |0.80 (0.08) Outside metropolitan area .......| 28,634 | 12,823 |44.8 | 6.9 |20.2 | 26.9 | 0.66 | 50.2 | 30,437 | 15,434 |50.7 (2.1)|12.8 (1.3)|27.1 (1.7)| 2.0 (0.7)|24.5 (1.7)| 17,871 |0.59 (0.05) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Executive, administrative, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or managerial .................| 12,500 | 7,070 |56.6 | 7.4 |23.4 | 42.9 | 1.20 | 37.7 | 25,407 | 14,654 |57.7 (2.2)|11.1 (1.2)|40.6 (2.1)| 1.2 (0.4)|23.9 (1.7)| 24,581 |0.97 (0.07) Engineers, surveyors, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | architects ....................| 1,702 | 1,116 |65.6 | 14.5 |23.7 | 44.2 | 1.07 | 59.0 | 1,967 | 1,575 |80.1 (6.2)|26.2 (5.7)|52.1 (7.0)| 6.0 (4.3)|29.5 | 2,037 |1.04 (0.16) Natural scientists and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | mathematicians ................| 1,648 | 1,211 |73.5 | 10.4 |25.6 | 59.7 | 1.75 | 44.0 | 2,180 | 1,379 |63.2 (7.0)|13.7 (4.2)|46.0 (6.6)| 1.4 (0.9)|26.0 (5.8)| 1,782 |0.82 (0.14) Social scientists and workers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | lawyers .......................| 2,438 | 1,873 |76.8 | 11.7 |32.4 | 59.5 | 1.77 | 35.6 | 2,875 | 2,295 |79.8 (4.5)|10.8 (3.2)|56.9 (5.7)| 0.7 (0.7)|41.3 (5.5)| 4,893 |1.70 (0.24) Teachers, elementary/secondary ..| 5,207 | 4,046 |77.7 | 16.9 |36.9 | 53.9 | 1.46 | 50.5 | 6,634 | 5,272 |79.5 (3.2)|24.6 (3.0)|52.1 (3.5)| 0.4 (0.2)|39.3 (3.4)| 8,077 |1.22 (0.11) Teachers, postsecondary .........| 1,175 | 657 |55.9 | 4.4 |26.1 | 41.6 | 1.03 | 53.5 | 1,941 | 1,286 |66.3 (6.0)|13.1 (4.3)|35.6 (5.9)| 2.1 (1.3)|41.0 (6.1)| 1,427 |0.74 (0.14) Physicians, dentists, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | veterinarians .................| 828 | 590 |71.3 | 1.3 |18.3 | 68.6 | 2.00 | 32.4 | 563 | 472 |83.9 (8.6)| 5.0 (4.9)|65.2 (12.0)| 4.5 (4.5)|29.0 (11.8)| 859 |1.53 (0.50) Registered nurses, pharmacists ..| 2,143 | 1,896 |88.5 | 11.2 |34.6 | 72.8 | 2.24 | 45.6 | 3,051 | 2,654 |87.0 (4.1)|16.6 (4.9)|72.2 (5.0)| 0.2 (0.2)|47.9 (5.5)| 5,639 |1.85 (0.21) Writers, artists, entertainers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | and athletes ..................| 1,675 | 829 |49.5 | 8.1 |28.7 | 23.4 | 0.46 | 33.3 | 2,162 | 1,065 |49.3 (7.5)|15.4 (4.8)|30.6 (6.2)| 2.5 (1.3)|18.8 (5.0)| 1,354 |0.63 (0.18) Health technologists and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | technicians ...................| 1,528 | 1,147 |75.1 | 12.9 |32.1 | 50.0 | 1.39 | 45.0 | 2,074 | 1,436 |69.2 (6.4)|19.9 (4.5)|41.8 (6.0)| 5.2 (3.5)|37.0 (6.0)| 2,158 |1.04 (0.19) Technologists, except health ....| 3,283 | 2,153 |65.6 | 12.9 |28.3 | 43.8 | 1.12 | 55.8 | 4,803 | 2,775 |57.8 (5.3)|20.1 (3.8)|37.6 (4.9)| 4.0 (2.8)|23.3 (4.1)| 4,644 |0.97 (0.15) Marketing and sales occupations .| 15,666 | 7,131 |45.5 | 6.6 |20.2 | 25.2 | 0.55 | 51.2 | 11,699 | 5,019 |42.9 (2.9)| 6.3 (1.2)|21.1 (2.3)| 1.7 (0.7)|23.8 (2.4)| 5,033 |0.43 (0.06) Administrative support, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | including clerical ............| 20,460 | 10,727 |52.4 | 9.3 |24.1 | 30.8 | 0.69 | 52.4 | 18,913 | 9,606 |50.8 (2.4)| 9.9 (1.2)|27.4 (2.0)| 0.9 (0.3)|22.0 (1.9)| 10,480 |0.55 (0.05) Service occupations .............| 17,355 | 8,238 |47.5 | 9.0 |22.7 | 22.6 | 0.60 | 57.0 | 15,949 | 8,078 |50.6 (3.0)|14.5 (2.0)|21.0 (2.2)| 2.3 (0.7)|22.1 (2.5)| 8,067 |0.51 (0.07) Agriculture, forestry, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | fishing .......................| 1,908 | 500 |26.2 | 1.8 |14.8 | 12.4 | 0.26 | --- | 2,297 | 927 |40.4 (8.5)|11.2 (4.9)|12.2 (4.1)| 6.9 (6.6)|13.0 (4.6)| 475 |0.21 (0.07) Mechanics and repairers .........| 4,266 | 2,129 |49.9 | 7.6 |16.6 | 29.1 | 0.73 | 57.2 | 4,736 | 2,087 |44.1 (5.6)|15.2 (3.7)|15.0 (3.4)| 6.1 (2.3)|23.0 (5.0)| 1,640 |0.35 (0.09) Construction and extractive | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations ...................| 5,490 | 2,093 |38.1 | 4.6 |18.4 | 18.6 | 0.33 | 48.8 | 3,973 | 1,464 |36.9 (5.2)|11.2 (3.2)|13.2 (3.2)| 6.0 (2.4)|12.0 (3.3)| 906 |0.23 (0.06) Precision production occupations | 1,685 | 754 |44.8 | 5.9 |16.2 | 25.6 | 0.58 | 40.8 | 1,570 | 608 |38.7 (8.8)| 9.4 (4.4)|18.3 (6.5)|11.9 (5.3)|19.5 (6.5)| 569 |0.36 (0.12) Production workers ..............| 8,309 | 2,515 |30.3 | 5.9 |10.1 | 14.8 | 0.27 | 58.5 | 9,346 | 3,681 |39.4 (3.8)| 6.7 (1.7)|23.0 (3.2)| 2.4 (1.2)|14.8 (2.5)| 4,220 |0.45 (0.08) Transportation, material moving .| 4,488 | 1,295 |28.8 | 3.8 |12.1 | 15.8 | 0.28 | 60.6 | 5,178 | 1,753 |33.9 (4.6)| 5.9 (1.8)|18.4 (3.6)| 1.6 (1.0)|12.9 (2.9)| 1,426 |0.28 (0.06) Handler, equipment, cleaners, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | helpers, and laborers .........| 1,989 | 519 |26.1 | 3.1 |10.3 | 11.7 | 0.21 | 46.9 | 3,474 | 731 |21.0 (5.1)| 4.6 (2.2)| 6.8 (3.5)| 1.7 (1.4)| 5.0 (2.3)| 594 |0.17 (0.12) Miscellaneous occupations .......| 2,022 | 1,194 |59.0 | 8.5 |22.1 | 38.8 | 1.03 | 51.8 | 1,923 | 828 |43.0 (8.6)| 9.9 (4.3)|14.2 (4.6)| 3.7 (2.3)|23.9 (6.8)| 509 |0.26 (0.08) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Annual family income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $10,000 or less .................| 9,776 | 3,224 |33.0 | 6.1 |15.6 | 12.6 | 0.25 | 50.9 | 5,248 | 1,646 |31.4 (5.8)| 7.8 (3.0)| 9.5 (3.1)| 1.9 (1.5)|13.2 (4.1)| 787 |0.15 (0.05) $10,001 to $15,000 ..............| 6,183 | 2,389 |38.6 | 7.2 |19.5 | 15.1 | 0.37 | 59.1 | 5,281 | 1,597 |30.2 (4.1)| 8.3 (2.4)| 8.3 (1.9)| 2.5 (1.7)|12.9 (2.8)| 751 |0.14 (0.03) $15,001 to $20,000 ..............| 7,321 | 3,040 |41.5 | 8.0 |18.2 | 20.1 | 0.42 | 52.8 | 6,061 | 2,511 |41.4 (4.2)| 8.2 (2.0)|16.3 (2.8)| 1.9 (0.9)|17.1 (3.0)| 1,705 |0.28 (0.05) $20,001 to $25,000 ..............| 7,832 | 3,164 |40.4 | 7.4 |19.3 | 20.4 | 0.48 | 53.1 | 8,595 | 3,618 |42.1 (3.8)| 8.4 (1.6)|18.8 (2.8)| 4.4 (2.1)|19.8 (2.8)| 3,568 |0.42 (0.08) $25,001 to $30,000 ..............| 10,133 | 4,803 |47.4 | 8.8 |21.4 | 24.7 | 0.54 | 55.8 | 11,848 | 4,863 |41.0 (3.4)| 9.8 (1.5)|22.2 (2.7)| 2.7 (1.2)|15.3 (2.2)| 5,396 |0.46 (0.07) $30,001 to $40,000 ..............| 19,617 | 9,734 |49.6 | 8.9 |21.9 | 30.2 | 0.76 | 50.2 | 18,961 | 9,589 |50.6 (3.6)|15.2 (2.4)|26.6 (2.8)| 2.3 (1.0)|21.3 (2.7)| 11,137 |0.59 (0.07) $40,001 to $50,000 ..............| 15,115 | 8,127 |53.8 | 8.0 |22.9 | 34.7 | 0.82 | 48.3 | 16,577 | 9,005 |54.3 (2.7)|14.7 (1.8)|32.3 (2.3)| 2.6 (0.8)|24.9 (2.3)| 11,569 |0.70 (0.07) $50,001 to $75,000 ..............| 23,006 | 13,288 |57.8 | 8.9 |23.7 | 40.0 | 1.02 | 48.3 | 28,433 | 17,356 |61.0 (2.1)|13.1 (1.2)|36.6 (1.9)| 2.5 (0.6)|31.4 (1.9)| 24,629 |0.87 (0.06) More than $75,000 ...............| 18,843 | 11,964 |63.5 | 8.6 |26.5 | 45.2 | 1.25 | 45.0 | 31,711 | 19,458 |61.4 (1.9)|11.2 (1.1)|42.5 (1.8)| 1.2 (0.3)|25.3 (1.5)| 31,828 |1.00 (0.06) 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# Rounds to 0.0. ---Not available. NOTE: Percent of career or job-related courses provided by businesses are based on the respondent's reports of the first six work-related courses taken. Adult education is defined as all education activities, except full-time enrollment in higher education credential programs. Examples of adult education activities include part-time college attendance, classes or seminars given by employers, and classes taken for adult literacy purposes, or for recreation and enjoyment. Includes adult basic education and English as a second language classes. Data are based upon a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Data revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding and survey item nonresponse. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, "Participation in Adult Education," unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.) |