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KB)| Table 355. | 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 |
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| 1995 | 1999
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|Percent of adults| Number | Percent | | |Percent of adults participating | Number | Number
Characteristics | participating |of career|of career|Employed| Adult |__________________________________|of career|of career
of |_________________| or job- |or job-- |persons,| educa- | | In | In | In | | or job- | or job-
employed persons | | In | related | related | in | tion | In |part- |career | ap- |Other | related | related
| In | career | courses | courses | thou- |partici-| any | time |or job-|pren- | per- | courses | courses
| any | or job- | taken, |provided | sands | pants, |pro- |higher|related| tice |sonal |taken, in| taken,
| pro- | related | per |by busi- | |in thou-|gram |educa-|courses| pro- |cour- |thousands| per
| gram | courses |employee | nesses | | sands | | tion | |grams | ses | |employee
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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Total ........................| 50.7 | 31.1 | 0.78 | 49.0 |132,227 | 70,849 |53.6 | 11.9 | 31.5 | 2.2 | 23.8 | 94,716 | 0.72
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Men .............................| 46.5 | 29.0 | 0.70 | 46.7 | 69,994 | 34,962 |49.9 | 11.9 | 29.7 | 2.7 | 19.2 | 45,957 | 0.66
Women ...........................| 55.6 | 33.4 | 0.86 | 50.9 | 62,234 | 35,887 |57.7 | 11.8 | 33.5 | 1.7 | 28.9 | 48,759 | 0.78
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Age | | | | | | | | | | | | |
17 to 24 years ..................| 50.7 | 18.6 | 0.39 | 53.8 | 17,815 | 9,412 |52.8 | 17.6 | 20.9 | 5.6 | 18.3 | 7,984 | 0.45
25 to 29 years ..................| 54.5 | 31.2 | 0.76 | 51.3 | 13,590 | 7,952 |58.5 | 19.7 | 35.7 | 3.5 | 24.1 | 11,311 | 0.83
30 to 34 years ..................| 51.1 | 31.6 | 0.78 | 49.7 | 15,435 | 8,788 |56.9 | 13.6 | 33.8 | 2.7 | 25.7 | 11,365 | 0.74
35 to 39 years ..................| 53.2 | 35.1 | 0.91 | 51.8 | 19,129 | 9,850 |51.5 | 11.8 | 28.8 | 1.7 | 25.0 | 13,375 | 0.70
40 to 44 years ..................| 55.5 | 36.6 | 0.93 | 44.9 | 19,174 | 10,737 |56.0 | 10.3 | 38.3 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 16,727 | 0.87
45 to 49 years ..................| 55.2 | 39.6 | 1.03 | 44.8 | 15,939 | 9,014 |56.6 | 9.7 | 32.5 | 1.4 | 29.5 | 11,611 | 0.73
50 to 54 years ..................| 50.2 | 34.4 | 0.87 | 49.2 | 13,092 | 7,255 |55.4 | 7.6 | 35.8 | 1.1 | 26.2 | 10,330 | 0.79
55 to 59 years ..................| 39.8 | 26.7 | 0.66 | 46.8 | 9,938 | 4,654 |46.8 | 6.5 | 31.4 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 7,021 | 0.71
60 to 64 years ..................| 31.4 | 21.1 | 0.49 | 58.6 | 4,200 | 1,873 |44.6 | 5.0 | 29.6 | 0.8 | 20.1 | 2,931 | 0.70
65 and over .....................| 26.6 | 13.7 | 0.37 | 39.7 | 3,916 | 1,313 |33.5 | 4.3 | 19.0 | 0.1 | 16.0 | 2,062 | 0.53
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Racial/ethnic group | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic .............| 51.9 | 33.2 | 0.83 | 47.9 | 96,531 | 52,676 |54.6 | 11.5 | 33.8 | 1.5 | 24.8 | 73,640 | 0.76
Black, non-Hispanic .............| 50.1 | 26.2 | 0.67 | 58.4 | 15,128 | 8,540 |56.5 | 13.1 | 28.6 | 5.2 | 27.7 | 10,468 | 0.69
Hispanic ........................| 40.4 | 18.1 | 0.37 | 46.8 | 14,034 | 6,141 |43.8 | 11.0 | 18.6 | 4.0 | 14.6 | 5,821 | 0.41
Asian American/Pacific Islander .| 44.1 | 25.5 | 0.58 | 48.6 | 4,042 | 2,214 |54.8 | 19.0 | 34.4 | 0.0 | 20.1 | 3,208 | 0.79
American Indian/Alaskan Native ..| 49.6 | 34.0 | 0.86 | 54.6 | 571 | 283 |49.6 | 19.5 | 28.1 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 485 | 0.85
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Highest level of education | | | | | | | | | | | | |
completed | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school diploma ...| 25.4 | 8.8 | 0.15 | 56.6 | 14,464 | 4,291 |29.7 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 10.5 | 1,755 | 0.12
High school diploma .............| 38.5 | 20.9 | 0.45 | 56.7 | 35,567 | 15,051 |42.3 | 9.3 | 22.2 | 2.8 | 17.2 | 15,302 | 0.43
Some vocational/technical .......| 52.0 | 32.3 | 0.82 | 45.3 | 4,311 | 2,099 |48.7 | 10.2 | 29.1 | 3.9 | 22.7 | 3,516 | 0.82
Some college ....................| 55.9 | 29.9 | 0.74 | 53.5 | 24,796 | 14,050 |56.7 | 15.9 | 29.6 | 2.7 | 26.8 | 17,681 | 0.71
Associate degree ................| 62.5 | 39.2 | 1.02 | 49.7 | 9,394 | 5,957 |63.4 | 20.1 | 42.1 | 2.1 | 25.4 | 8,822 | 0.94
Bachelor's degree ..............| 62.8 | 44.6 | 1.17 | 47.2 | 23,468 | 15,159 |64.6 | 11.8 | 44.3 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 23,931 | 1.02
Some graduate work (or study) ...| 67.1 | 50.2 | 1.40 | 40.3 | 20,227 | 14,242 |70.4 | 14.3 | 48.2 | 1.3 | 34.4 | 23,709 | 1.17
No degree .....................| 71.8 | 44.3 | 1.20 | 45.6 | 3,479 | 2,568 |73.8 | 24.1 | 53.7 | 0.7 | 32.0 | 4,068 | 1.17
Master's ......................| 67.0 | 50.5 | 1.44 | 41.7 | 10,962 | 7,897 |72.0 | 14.3 | 47.5 | 1.1 | 37.9 | 13,112 | 1.20
Doctor's ......................| 55.0 | 40.4 | 0.98 | 35.5 | 3,537 | 2,150 |60.8 | 8.5 | 35.9 | 2.6 | 32.6 | 2,870 | 0.81
Professional ..................| 73.7 | 67.6 | 1.97 | 31.4 | 2,249 | 1,627 |72.4 | 8.5 | 62.8 | 0.8 | 23.8 | 3,659 | 1.63
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Metropolitan area | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Inside metropolitan area ........| 52.6 | 32.4 | 0.81 | 48.6 |102,518 | 55,742 |54.4 | 11.6 | 32.7 | 2.3 | 23.5 | 78,080 | 0.76
Inside central city ...........| 53.1 | 33.3 | 0.83 | 48.3 | 88,470 | 48,396 |54.7 | 11.9 | 32.9 | 2.4 | 23.7 | 67,283 | 0.76
Outside central city ..........| 49.9 | 27.9 | 0.70 | 50.9 | 14,048 | 7,346 |52.3 | 9.2 | 32.0 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 10,797 | 0.77
Outside metropolitan area .......| 44.8 | 26.9 | 0.66 | 50.2 | 29,709 | 15,107 |50.9 | 13.0 | 27.1 | 2.0 | 24.7 | 16,636 | 0.56
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Occupation | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Executive, administrative, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
or managerial .................| 56.6 | 42.9 | 1.20 | 37.7 | 26,128 | 14,692 |56.2 | 10.2 | 39.8 | 1.1 | 23.5 | 24,675 | 0.94
Engineers, surveyors, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
architects ....................| 65.6 | 44.2 | 1.07 | 59.0 | 1,776 | 1,465 |82.5 | 27.7 | 56.4 | 5.5 | 27.3 | 2,071 | 1.17
Natural scientists and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
mathematicians ................| 73.5 | 59.7 | 1.75 | 44.0 | 2,236 | 1,641 |73.4 | 13.6 | 56.4 | 1.9 | 23.5 | 2,222 | 0.99
Social scientists and workers, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
lawyers .......................| 76.8 | 59.5 | 1.77 | 35.6 | 2,986 | 2,432 |81.5 | 13.8 | 59.9 | 0.4 | 36.0 | 5,219 | 1.75
Teachers, elementary/secondary ..| 77.7 | 53.9 | 1.46 | 50.5 | 6,414 | 5,135 |80.1 | 23.8 | 53.8 | 0.6 | 38.4 | 8,122 | 1.27
Teachers, postsecondary .........| 55.9 | 41.6 | 1.03 | 53.5 | 2,308 | 1,610 |69.7 | 13.6 | 41.8 | 2.5 | 48.6 | 1,958 | 0.85
Physicians, dentists, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
veterinarians .................| 71.3 | 68.6 | 2.00 | 32.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Registered nurses, pharmacists ..| 88.5 | 72.8 | 2.24 | 45.6 | 2,864 | 2,457 |85.8 | 15.2 | 73.9 | 0.1 | 44.7 | 5,346 | 1.87
Writers, artists, entertainers, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and athletes ..................| 49.5 | 23.4 | 0.46 | 33.3 | 2,041 | 1,074 |52.6 | 17.7 | 33.6 | 2.1 | 19.6 | 1,332 | 0.65
Health technologists and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
technicians ...................| 75.1 | 50.0 | 1.39 | 45.0 | 1,963 | 1,407 |71.7 | 22.0 | 44.6 | 5.6 | 37.6 | 2,151 | 1.10
Technologists, except health ....| 65.6 | 43.8 | 1.12 | 55.8 | 4,976 | 2,955 |59.4 | 20.1 | 41.5 | 8.9 | 20.2 | 5,218 | 1.05
Marketing and sales occupations .| 45.5 | 25.2 | 0.55 | 51.2 | 12,472 | 6,117 |49.0 | 6.8 | 23.3 | 1.8 | 29.7 | 6,401 | 0.51
Administrative support, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
including clerical ............| 52.4 | 30.8 | 0.69 | 52.4 | 19,162 | 9,655 |50.4 | 9.7 | 27.2 | 0.7 | 22.0 | 10,928 | 0.57
Service occupations .............| 47.5 | 22.6 | 0.60 | 57.0 | 15,570 | 7,823 |50.2 | 14.0 | 20.9 | 2.0 | 21.2 | 8,091 | 0.52
Agriculture, forestry, and | | | | | | | | | | | | |
fishing .......................| 26.2 | 12.4 | 0.26 | --- | 2,028 | 879 |43.3 | 10.5 | 16.7 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 571 | 0.28
Mechanics and repairers .........| 49.9 | 29.1 | 0.73 | 57.2 | 4,313 | 1,977 |45.8 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 4.7 | 24.1 | 1,630 | 0.38
Construction and extractive | | | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations ...................| 38.1 | 18.6 | 0.33 | 48.8 | 4,181 | 1,537 |36.8 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 978 | 0.23
Precision production occupations | 44.8 | 25.6 | 0.58 | 40.8 | 1,363 | 565 |41.4 | 8.3 | 18.9 | 11.7 | 20.7 | 562 | 0.41
Production workers ..............| 30.3 | 14.8 | 0.27 | 58.5 | 8,800 | 3,359 |38.2 | 6.7 | 21.3 | 2.0 | 15.9 | 3,784 | 0.43
Transportation, material moving .| 28.8 | 15.8 | 0.28 | 60.6 | 4,732 | 1,740 |36.8 | 5.9 | 19.6 | 1.4 | 14.6 | 1,408 | 0.30
Handler, equipment, cleaners, | | | | | | | | | | | | |
helpers, and laborers .........| 26.1 | 11.7 | 0.21 | 46.9 | 3,207 | 811 |25.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 492 | 0.15
Miscellaneous occupations .......| 59.0 | 38.8 | 1.03 | 51.8 | 1,858 | 873 |47.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 25.5 | 528 | 0.28
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Annual family income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$10,000 or less .................| 33.0 | 12.6 | 0.25 | 50.9 | 5,168 | 1,595 |30.9 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 12.4 | 917 | 0.18
$10,001 to $15,000 ..............| 38.6 | 15.1 | 0.37 | 59.1 | 5,152 | 1,557 |30.2 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 2.1 | 12.0 | 859 | 0.17
$15,001 to $20,000 ..............| 41.5 | 20.1 | 0.42 | 52.8 | 6,075 | 2,549 |42.0 | 8.7 | 16.4 | 1.8 | 19.2 | 1,883 | 0.31
$20,001 to $25,000 ..............| 40.4 | 20.4 | 0.48 | 53.1 | 8,811 | 3,753 |42.6 | 8.5 | 18.6 | 3.8 | 21.7 | 3,697 | 0.42
$25,001 to $30,000 ..............| 47.4 | 24.7 | 0.54 | 55.8 | 11,818 | 4,902 |41.5 | 10.0 | 24.1 | 4.5 | 13.4 | 5,946 | 0.50
$30,001 to $40,000 ..............| 49.6 | 30.2 | 0.76 | 50.2 | 16,766 | 8,531 |50.9 | 15.6 | 26.8 | 2.2 | 21.7 | 9,946 | 0.59
$40,001 to $50,000 ..............| 53.8 | 34.7 | 0.82 | 48.3 | 15,128 | 8,033 |53.1 | 14.1 | 32.4 | 2.6 | 24.2 | 10,661 | 0.70
$50,001 to $75,000 ..............| 57.8 | 40.0 | 1.02 | 48.3 | 27,176 | 17,072 |62.8 | 13.5 | 36.9 | 2.0 | 31.7 | 22,641 | 0.83
More than $75,000 ...............| 63.5 | 45.2 | 1.25 | 45.0 | 36,134 | 22,856 |63.3 | 11.2 | 43.4 | 1.2 | 26.6 | 38,166 | 1.06
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---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. 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 December 1999.)
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