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| Table 361. | Participation of employed persons, 17 years old and over, in career-related adult education during the previous 12 months, by selected characteristics of participants: 1995, 1999, and 2003 |
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| 1995 | 1999 | 2003
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| Percent| Number| Percent of adults | Number| Employed| Percent of adults participating| Number| Number
| of adults| of career| participating | of career| persons,| |of career| of career
Characteristic | partici-| or job-|_______________________| or job-| in|___________________________________| or job-| or job-
of | pating in| related| In| | related| thou-| In| | In less| related| related
employed persons | career| courses| career| In| courses| sands| career| In| formal| courses| courses
| or job-| taken,| or job-| apprentice| taken,| | or job-|apprentice|work-related|taken, in| taken,
| related| per| related| programs| per| | related| programs| learning|thousands| per
| courses| employee| courses| | employee| | courses\1\| | activities| |employee\1\
_____________________________________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|____________|_________|___________
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6 | 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12
_____________________________________|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|____________|_________|___________
Total ..........................| 31.1| 0.8|30.5 (1.14)| 2.2 (0.41)|0.7 (0.03)| 130,025|46.0 (0.70)|1.1 (0.14)|76.5 (0.70)| 119,948| 0.9(0.02)
|__________|__________|___________|___________|__________|_________|___________|__________|____________|_________|___________
Sex | | | | | | | | | | |
Males .............................| 29.0| 0.7|28.3 (1.15)| 3.0 (0.45)|0.6 (0.03)| 67,453|42.7 (1.15)|1.6 (0.26)|76.1 (0.94)| 54,870| 0.8(0.03)
Females ...........................| 33.4| 0.9|32.9 (1.14)| 1.4 (0.32)|0.8 (0.03)| 62,572|49.4 (0.99)|0.6 (0.11)|76.9 (1.05)| 65,078| 1.0(0.03)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | |
17 to 24 years ....................| 18.6| 0.4|19.1 (1.91)| 4.4 (1.41)|0.4 (0.06)| 16,113|33.9 (2.31)|2.6 (0.72)|83.2 (1.51)| 8,777| 0.5(0.06)
25 to 29 years ....................| 31.2| 0.8|34.3 (2.44)| 3.7 (0.93)|0.8 (0.08)| 14,393|49.7 (2.62)|2.4 (0.74)|82.2 (2.44)| 13,059| 0.9(0.05)
30 to 34 years ....................| 31.6| 0.8|34.4 (2.50)| 2.9 (0.82)|0.8 (0.08)| 13,691|48.4 (2.50)|1.6 (0.47)|76.6 (2.20)| 12,823| 0.9(0.06)
35 to 39 years ....................| 35.1| 0.9|29.2 (2.15)| 1.6 (0.52)|0.7 (0.07)| 16,281|48.8 (2.32)|0.5 (0.23)|74.9 (1.98)| 15,841| 1.0(0.06)
40 to 44 years ....................| 36.6| 0.9|36.4 (2.44)| 1.5 (0.60)|0.8 (0.07)| 19,794|46.1 (2.23)|0.9 (0.32)|77.3 (1.97)| 18,055| 0.9(0.06)
45 to 49 years ....................| 39.6| 1.0|30.4 (2.42)| 1.8 (0.75)|0.7 (0.06)| 17,030|50.8 (2.15)|0.3 (0.11)|74.9 (2.58)| 18,360| 1.1(0.06)
50 to 54 years ....................| 34.4| 0.9|34.7 (2.57)| 1.3 (0.54)|0.8 (0.07)| 13,296|52.5 (2.21)|0.6 (0.23)|77.6 (2.04)| 16,305| 1.2(0.08)
55 to 59 years ....................| 26.7| 0.7|30.3 (2.83)| 0.8 (0.56)|0.6 (0.08)| 9,884|46.3 (2.49)|0.4 (0.19)|72.0 (2.42)| 9,990| 1.0(0.06)
60 to 64 years ....................| 21.1| 0.5|27.2 (3.80)| 0.8 (0.82)|0.7 (0.15)| 5,318|37.8 (2.63)|0.1 (0.09)|64.1 (3.07)| 4,198| 0.8(0.08)
65 and over .......................| 13.7| 0.4|20.3 (4.21)| 0.2 (0.25)|0.4 (0.08)| 4,226|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2,541| --- (†)
65 to 69 years ..................| --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 2,379|33.5 (3.42)|0.6 (0.57)|66.3 (3.73)| 1,679| 0.7(0.08)
70 years and over ...............| --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 1,847|22.3 (3.35)| # (†) |55.8 (5.53)| 862| 0.5(0.09)
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Racial/ethnic group | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ...............| 33.2| 0.8|32.8 (0.98)| 1.7 (0.25)|0.6 (0.03)| 94,603|48.5 (0.85)|1.1 (0.18)|78.5 (0.77)| 92,576| 1.0(0.02)
Black, non-Hispanic ...............| 26.2| 0.7|28.1 (2.34)| 4.1 (1.27)|1.0 (0.07)| 13,513|43.4 (2.19)|0.8 (0.31)|75.2 (1.98)| 12,385| 0.9(0.06)
Hispanic ..........................| 18.1| 0.4|16.4 (1.83)| 4.3 (1.45)|0.5 (0.05)| 15,694|31.8 (2.32)|1.1 (0.31)|66.3 (2.69)| 9,356| 0.6(0.06)
Asian/Pacific Islander ............| 25.5| 0.6|32.8 (4.84)| # (†) |0.4 (0.15)| 4,056|50.4 (4.77)|0.6 (0.51)|78.1 (4.89)| 3,393| 0.8(0.09)
American Indian/Alaska Native .....| 34.0| 0.9|29.5(11.52)| 6.8 (5.57)|0.7 (0.52)| 760|40.0(15.14)|3.1 (3.28)|55.0 (17.49)| 498| 0.7(0.25)
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Highest level of education | | | | | | | | | | |
completed | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school completion ..| 8.8| 0.1| 7.9 (2.29)| 2.5 (1.66)|0.4 (0.05)| 15,070|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 3,000| --- (†)
Eighth grade or less ............| --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 4,753| 9.9 (3.11)|0.2 (0.19)|49.4 (5.57)| 668| 0.1(0.05)
9th to 12th grade, no completion | --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 10,318|16.3 (2.32)|1.7 (1.00)|56.2 (3.97)| 2,332| 0.2(0.04)
High school completion ............| 20.9| 0.4|21.4 (1.45)| 2.4 (0.59)|0.8 (0.03)| 34,412|33.2 (1.39)|1.0 (0.23)|68.7 (1.79)| 19,407| 0.6(0.03)
Some vocational/technical .........| 32.3| 0.8|28.7 (5.76)| 5.1 (3.23)|0.9 (0.17)| 4,372|41.7 (3.26)|3.9 (1.40)|83.2 (2.39)| 4,299| 1.0(0.11)
Some college ......................| 29.9| 0.7|29.0 (1.78)| 3.0 (0.71)|0.7 (0.06)| 26,448|45.6 (1.83)|1.7 (0.45)|78.4 (1.42)| 23,294| 0.9(0.05)
Associate's degree ................| 39.2| 1.0|39.7 (3.07)| 2.6 (0.90)|0.9 (0.09)| 8,851|54.5 (2.74)|1.1 (0.41)|82.3 (2.09)| 9,966| 1.1(0.07)
Bachelor's degree .................| 44.6| 1.2|43.8 (2.01)| 1.0 (0.31)|1.0 (0.06)| 24,024|64.2 (1.42)|0.4 (0.13)|86.6 (1.35)| 31,875| 1.3(0.05)
Some graduate work (or study) .....| 50.2| 1.4|46.8 (4.17)| 1.4 (1.02)|1.2 (0.14)| 16,849|71.5 (1.87)|0.5 (0.20)|90.2 (1.08)| 28,107| 1.7(0.07)
No degree .......................| 44.3| 1.2|54.2 (4.94)| 0.9 (0.65)|1.2 (0.14)| 2,466|68.3 (4.90)|0.1 (0.12)|86.7 (2.76)| 3,984| 1.6(0.15)
Master's ........................| 50.5| 1.4|45.3 (2.97)| 0.9 (0.45)|1.1 (0.11)| 9,834|73.4 (2.44)|0.7 (0.34)|92.7 (1.05)| 17,108| 1.7(0.09)
Doctor's ........................| 40.4| 1.0|34.4 (4.79)| 3.2 (1.45)|0.7 (0.12)| 1,727|58.9 (6.15)| # (†) |84.3 (5.91)| 2,457| 1.4(0.25)
Professional ....................| 67.6| 2.0|67.6 (6.98)| 1.4 (1.42)|1.9 (0.31)| 2,822|75.3 (4.63)|0.5 (0.34)|88.2 (4.01)| 4,558| 1.6(0.16)
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Urbanicity | | | | | | | | | | |
Urban .............................| 32.4| 0.8|31.5 (1.67)| 2.3 (0.49)|0.7 (0.05)| 103,185|48.0 (0.75)|1.1 (0.15)|78.1 (0.72)| 99,576| 1.0(0.02)
Urban, inside urbanized area ....| 33.3| 0.8|31.2 (0.99)| 2.4 (0.35)|0.7 (0.03)| 88,626|47.7 (0.88)|1.2 (0.17)|78.3 (0.78)| 85,210| 1.0(0.02)
Urban, outside urbanized area ...| 27.9| 0.7|32.9 (2.48)| 1.8 (0.64)|0.8 (0.08)| 14,559|49.5 (2.19)|0.6 (0.24)|77.0 (2.21)| 14,366| 1.0(0.06)
Rural .............................| 26.9| 0.7|27.1 (1.74)| 2.0 (0.65)|0.6 (0.05)| 26,841|38.2 (2.08)|1.2 (0.42)|70.1 (2.03)| 20,373| 0.8(0.05)
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Occupation | | | | | | | | | | |
Executive, administrative, | | | | | | | | | | |
or managerial ..................| 42.9| 1.2|40.6 (2.06)| 1.2 (0.41)|1.0 (0.07)| 15,613|61.7 (2.13)|0.6 (0.31)|85.9 (1.83)| 20,867| 1.3(0.06)
Engineers, surveyors, and | | | | | | | | | | |
architects .....................| 44.2| 1.1|52.1 (6.96)| 6.0 (4.34)|1.0 (0.16)| 2,376|66.8 (4.60)|1.4 (1.01)|92.0 (2.49)| 3,046| 1.3(0.13)
Natural scientists and | | | | | | | | | | |
mathematicians .................| 59.7| 1.7|46.0 (6.61)| 1.4 (0.90)|0.8 (0.14)| 2,405|60.7 (5.89)| # (†) |93.4 (2.05)| 2,894| 1.2(0.13)
Social scientists and workers, | | | | | | | | | | |
lawyers ........................| 59.5| 1.8|56.9 (5.66)| 0.7 (0.65)|1.7 (0.24)| 2,875|77.7 (3.90)|0.8 (0.81)|87.5 (3.02)| 5,518| 1.9(0.15)
Teachers, elementary/secondary ....| 53.9| 1.5|52.1 (3.53)| 0.4 (0.24)|1.2 (0.11)| 7,102|76.5 (2.43)|0.2 (0.10)|88.7 (1.53)| 12,734| 1.5(0.19)
Teachers, postsecondary ...........| 41.6| 1.0|35.6 (5.85)| 2.1 (1.30)|0.7 (0.14)| 1,731|65.7 (5.63)|0.6 (0.48)|94.4 (2.28)| 2,543| 1.8(0.09)
Physicians, dentists, | | | | | | | | | | |
veterinarians ..................| 68.6| 2.0|65.2(11.99)| 4.5 (4.50)|1.5 (0.50)| 1,049|88.5 (4.11)| # (†) |96.1 (2.15)| 2,093| 2.0(0.24)
Registered nurses, pharmacists ....| 72.8| 2.2|72.2 (5.04)| 0.2 (0.17)|1.8 (0.21)| 3,309|84.9 (2.80)|0.3 (0.33)|90.2 (3.12)| 6,229| 1.9(0.11)
Writers, artists, entertainers, | | | | | | | | | | |
and athletes ...................| 23.4| 0.5|30.6 (6.21)| 2.5 (1.34)|0.6 (0.18)| 2,820|35.1 (4.84)|0.4 (0.30)|69.4 (5.20)| 1,729| 0.6(0.11)
Health technologists and | | | | | | | | | | |
technicians ....................| 50.0| 1.4|41.8 (6.00)| 5.2 (3.48)|1.0 (0.19)| 2,581|59.4 (6.12)|1.7 (1.06)|84.6 (4.18)| 3,728| 1.4(0.21)
Technologists, except health ......| 43.8| 1.1|37.6 (4.87)| 4.0 (2.84)|1.0 (0.15)| 5,371|51.9 (3.47)|1.8 (0.72)|84.4 (2.84)| 6,251| 1.2(0.14)
Marketing and sales occupations ...| 25.2| 0.6|21.1 (2.27)| 1.7 (0.73)|0.4 (0.06)| 15,258|38.7 (2.36)|0.2 (0.10)|79.0 (2.39)| 9,759| 0.6(0.05)
Administrative support, | | | | | | | | | | |
including clerical .............| 30.8| 0.7|27.4 (2.02)| 0.9 (0.32)|0.6 (0.05)| 19,535|45.1 (2.20)|0.4 (0.19)|74.2 (2.29)| 15,201| 0.8(0.04)
Service occupations ...............| 22.6| 0.6|21.0 (2.15)| 2.3 (0.71)|0.5 (0.07)| 17,838|37.2 (2.04)|1.0 (0.25)|66.8 (1.98)| 13,773| 0.8(0.06)
Agriculture, forestry, and | | | | | | | | | | |
fishing ........................| 12.4| 0.3|12.2 (4.09)| 6.9 (6.56)|0.2 (0.07)| 2,232|33.9 (6.19)|1.6 (1.40)|62.0 (6.22)| 1,172| 0.5(0.09)
Mechanics and repairers ...........| 29.1| 0.7|15.0 (3.40)| 6.1 (2.26)|0.3 (0.09)| 4,212|32.1 (3.84)|3.6 (1.32)|81.0 (3.19)| 2,819| 0.7(0.11)
Construction and extractive | | | | | | | | | | |
occupations ....................| 18.6| 0.3|13.2 (3.16)| 6.0 (2.41)|0.2 (0.06)| 6,470|22.1 (2.87)|4.7 (1.72)|65.9 (4.43)| 2,287| 0.4(0.06)
Precision production ..............| 25.6| 0.6|18.3 (6.52)|11.9 (5.25)|0.4 (0.12)| 1,702|22.5 (6.15)|6.6 (5.84)|70.5 (9.38)| 760| 0.5(0.13)
Production workers ................| 14.8| 0.3|23.0 (3.17)| 2.4 (1.18)|0.5 (0.08)| 8,044|27.6 (3.04)|1.9 (0.66)|63.6 (3.27)| 3,843| 0.5(0.07)
Transportation, material moving ...| 15.8| 0.3|18.4 (3.62)| 1.6 (0.95)|0.3 (0.06)| 4,657|25.8 (3.39)|0.5 (0.28)|59.5 (4.27)| 1,721| 0.4(0.05)
Handler, equipment, cleaners, | | | | | | | | | | |
helpers, and laborers ..........| 11.7| 0.2| 6.8 (3.45)| 1.7 (1.35)|0.2 (0.12)| 2,711|15.9 (4.27)|1.4 (1.06)|63.5 (7.07)| 784| 0.3(0.11)
Miscellaneous occupations .........| 38.8| 1.0|14.2 (4.62)| 3.7 (2.33)|0.3 (0.08)| 133|63.0(21.53)| # (†) |96.9 (3.35)| 198| 1.5(0.61)
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Annual household income | | | | | | | | | | |
$10,000 or less ...................| 12.6| 0.2| 9.5 (3.09)| 1.9 (1.54)|0.2 (0.05)| 4,812|--- (†) |--- (†) |--- (†) | 1,408| --- (†)
$5,000 or less ..................| --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) | (†) | 1,829|19.4 (4.50)|1.8 (1.26)|70.9 (5.79)| 570| 0.3(0.09)
$5,001 to $10,000 ...............| --- | --- |--- (†) |--- (†) | (†) | 2,983|17.5 (2.85)|0.4 (0.28)|61.6 (5.77)| 838| 0.3(0.04)
$10,001 to $15,000 ................| 15.1| 0.4| 8.3 (1.88)| 2.5 (1.69)|0.1 (0.03)| 5,718|20.1 (3.00)|0.2 (0.18)|70.4 (3.46)| 1,679| 0.3(0.05)
$15,001 to $20,000 ................| 20.1| 0.4|16.3 (2.75)| 1.9 (0.94)|0.3 (0.05)| 5,160|22.7 (3.44)|1.1 (0.39)|61.7 (6.96)| 1,937| 0.4(0.07)
$20,001 to $25,000 ................| 20.4| 0.5|18.8 (2.79)| 4.4 (2.12)|0.4 (0.08)| 6,373|29.4 (2.73)|0.9 (0.53)|64.1 (3.38)| 3,402| 0.5(0.07)
$25,001 to $30,000 ................| 24.7| 0.5|22.2 (2.73)| 2.7 (1.24)|0.5 (0.07)| 7,165|27.7 (2.60)|0.7 (0.29)|70.5 (3.18)| 3,721| 0.5(0.07)
$30,001 to $40,000 ................| 30.2| 0.8|26.6 (2.82)| 2.3 (0.95)|0.6 (0.07)| 15,835|40.4 (2.43)|1.2 (0.37)|71.9 (2.34)| 12,740| 0.8(0.06)
$40,001 to $50,000 ................| 34.7| 0.8|32.3 (2.34)| 2.6 (0.76)|0.7 (0.07)| 12,653|47.9 (2.50)|1.4 (0.42)|76.9 (2.00)| 11,985| 1.0(0.07)
$50,001 to $75,000 ................| 40.0| 1.0|36.6 (1.86)| 2.5 (0.59)|0.9 (0.06)| 31,465|49.3 (1.57)|1.7 (0.38)|75.9 (1.39)| 31,471| 1.0(0.04)
More than $75,000 .................| 45.2| 1.3|42.5 (1.79)| 1.2 (0.33)|1.0 (0.06)| 40,844|60.5 (1.36)|0.8 (0.28)|85.5 (1.05)| 51,604| 1.3(0.04)
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---Not available. NOTE: Data do not include persons enrolled in high school or below. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race/ethnicity categories may not sum to totals because they do not include an "other" race/ethnicity category. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The Adult Education Survey (AE-NHES:1995) and (AE-NHES:1999) and The Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons Survey (AEWR-NHES:2003) of the National Household Education Surveys Program. (This table was prepared April 2005.)
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