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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

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                                   |                   1995                                         |                            1999
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                                   |        |        |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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.)


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