Participation of persons, 17 years old and older, in adult education during the previous 12 months by selected characteristics of participants: Selected years, 1991 to 2003

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                                      |        |        |          |                                      2001                                 |          2003
                                      |        |        |          |___________________________________________________________________________|________________________
                                      |        |        |          |                                  Percent participating                    |  Percent participating
                                      |Percent |Percent |   Percent|___________________________________________________________________________|________________________
                                      |partici-|partici-|  partici-|          |         |          |          |          |          |        In|           |     In less
                                      | pating | pating |    pating|          |         |    In    |  In part-| In career|          |  personal|  In career|      formal
                                      | in any | in any |    in any|          | In basic|English as|time post-|   or job-|        In|  develop-|    or job-|work-related
                                      |program,|program,|  program,|    In any|   educa-|  a second| secondary|   related|apprentice|      ment|    related|    learning
 Characteristic of participants       |1991\1\ |    1995|      1999|   program|   tion\2|  language| education|   courses|  programs|   courses|    courses|  activities
 _____________________________________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|____________
 1                                    |       2|       3|         4|         5|        6|         7|         8|         9|        10|        11|         12|          13
 _____________________________________|________|________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|____________
      Total ..........................|    33.0|    40.2|44.5(0.77)|46.4(0.55)|0.9(0.12)| 1.2(0.17)| 4.4(0.20)|29.7(0.47)| 1.3(0.14)|21.3(0.54)|33.2 (0.51)|58.3 (0.54)
                                      |________|________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|____________
 Sex                                  |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   Males .............................|    32.6|    38.2|41.7(1.15)|43.1(0.83)|0.9(0.19)| 1.5(0.32)| 3.9(0.28)|29.0(0.73)| 1.7(0.22)|16.3(0.72)|32.9 (0.90)|62.2 (0.82)
   Females ...........................|    33.2|    42.1|47.1(1.02)|49.5(0.78)|1.0(0.15)| 0.9(0.11)| 4.9(0.31)|30.4(0.67)| 1.0(0.16)|25.9(0.71)|33.5 (0.65)|54.8 (0.82)
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 Age                                  |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   17 to 24 years ....................|    37.8|    47.0|49.9(2.34)|52.8(2.04)|4.6(0.81)| 3.8(0.94)|11.6(1.30)|22.4(1.66)| 2.9(0.77)|27.6(1.58)|30.9 (1.92)|73.4 (1.66)
   25 to 29 years ....................|    40.0|    49.6|56.5(2.53)|52.9(2.60)|0.4(0.18)| 1.8(0.42)| 9.6(1.13)|35.3(2.09)| 3.1(0.97)|19.8(1.72)|42.4 (2.20)|75.4 (2.06)
   30 to 34 years ....................|    37.6|    47.3|56.2(2.57)|53.7(2.18)|1.0(0.27)| 2.6(1.01)| 6.2(0.72)|35.0(1.95)| 2.3(0.57)|21.5(1.64)|40.7 (2.09)|68.4 (2.22)
   35 to 39 years ....................|    42.1|    47.7|50.1(2.43)|54.0(1.71)|0.9(0.31)| 1.2(0.38)| 4.3(0.66)|40.7(1.68)| 1.3(0.31)|19.8(1.35)|41.6 (2.08)|67.5 (1.93)
   40 to 44 years ....................|    49.2|    50.9|50.5(2.43)|53.5(1.88)|0.5(0.18)| 0.6(0.19)| 3.5(0.60)|41.1(1.63)| 1.3(0.39)|19.8(0.58)|40.7 (1.88)|70.4 (1.95)
   45 to 49 years ....................|    40.0|    48.7|49.8(2.69)|55.4(2.02)|0.2(0.13)| 0.3(0.16)| 3.5(0.48)|42.8(1.95)| 1.0(0.31)|23.0(1.92)|42.2 (1.85)|65.3 (2.37)
   50 to 54 years ....................|    26.8|    42.5|47.2(2.51)|51.1(2.22)|0.7(0.57)| 0.3(0.18)| 2.3(0.44)|39.8(2.05)| 0.5(0.21)|21.9(1.57)|43.6 (1.89)|65.7 (1.99)
   55 to 59 years ....................|    29.0|    32.2|38.0(2.60)|44.1(1.98)|0.3(0.18)| 0.2(0.09)| 1.4(0.42)|30.1(1.75)|  ‡   (†) |22.5(1.87)|34.9 (1.69)|56.3 (2.09)
   60 to 64 years ....................|    17.4|    23.7|31.4(2.83)|30.8(2.18)| ‡   (†) |  ‡   (†) | 0.4(0.19)|15.7(1.81)|  ‡   (†) |18.3(1.76)|21.7 (1.44)|39.4 (2.13)
   65 to 69 years ....................|    14.2|    18.1|25.4(2.54)|20.5(1.74)| ‡   (†) |  ‡   (†) | 0.2(0.13)| 7.0(0.93)|  ‡   (†) |16.2(1.65)|11.9 (0.93)|27.0 (1.82)
   70 years and over .................|     8.6|    13.8|15.0(1.38)|21.7(1.37)| ‡   (†) |  ‡   (†) | 0.1(0.08)| 3.0(0.41)|  ‡   (†) |19.6(1.36)| 4.7 (0.47)|12.9 (0.94)
                                      |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
 Racial/ethnic group                  |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   White, non-Hispanic ...............|    34.1|    41.5|44.4(0.89)|47.4(0.59)|0.6(0.13)| 0.1(0.05)| 4.4(0.25)|31.7(0.54)| 1.3(0.17)|21.6(0.59)|34.6 (0.63)|58.7 (0.57)
   Black, non-Hispanic ...............|    25.9|    37.0|46.3(2.30)|43.3(1.50)|1.7(0.42)| 0.4(0.17)| 4.9(0.67)|23.4(1.45)| 1.1(0.33)|25.7(1.50)|31.3 (1.57)|56.1 (1.82)
   Hispanic ..........................|    31.4|    33.7|41.3(2.51)|41.7(2.28)|2.2(0.51)| 8.3(1.41)| 3.6(0.52)|21.6(1.22)| 1.6(0.50)|16.3(1.58)|25.4 (1.74)|56.6 (2.00)
   Asian/Pacific Islander ............|    35.9|    39.7|51.1(4.63)|49.5(3.81)|1.7(0.75)| 3.2(0.88)| 7.7(2.30)|34.3(3.73)| 0.9(0.48)|18.2(2.70)|38.1 (3.17)|67.2 (3.61)
   American Indian/Alaska Native .....|    29.3|    38.8|36.3(9.16)|50.2(8.28)|1.0(0.58)|  ‡   (†) | 3.2(2.06)|38.4(7.66)| 2.9(2.21)|10.4(4.01)|33.0 (9.26)|53.0(10.44)
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 Highest level of education           |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
    completed                         |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   Eighth grade or less ..............|     7.7|    10.0|14.7(2.92)|19.7(2.84)|1.6(0.45)| 6.1(1.87)|  ‡   (†) | 3.8(1.05)| 0.3(0.17)|10.6(2.37)| 4.1 (1.18)|26.8 (2.85)
   9th to 12th grade, no completion ..|    15.8|    20.2|25.6(2.55)|25.5(1.53)|4.1(0.74)| 1.5(0.45)| 0.5(0.23)|10.2(1.02)| 0.7(0.24)|10.3(1.19)|13.8 (1.41)|35.9 (2.09)
   High school completion ............|    24.1|    30.7|34.8(1.37)|33.9(1.07)|0.3(0.11)| 0.6(0.16)| 2.2(0.28)|19.7(0.93)| 1.5(0.25)|16.1(0.88)|23.7 (0.91)|50.8 (1.19)
   Some vocational/technical .........|    34.2|    41.9|41.1(3.97)|50.7(3.51)|1.6(0.72)| 3.9(1.27)| 2.1(0.85)|30.8(2.81)| 2.6(0.90)|22.0(3.14)|28.4 (2.25)|57.4 (2.95)
   Some college ......................|    41.4|    49.3|51.1(1.76)|57.4(1.29)|1.0(0.39)| 0.5(0.17)| 9.3(0.82)|34.6(1.31)| 2.4(0.60)|27.6(1.28)|35.6 (1.53)|64.2 (1.23)
   Associate's degree ................|    49.2|    56.1|56.6(2.93)|62.5(2.15)|0.2(0.13)| 0.6(0.35)| 7.0(1.03)|46.1(2.24)| 1.4(0.44)|24.6(2.02)|44.3 (2.19)|72.2 (1.84)
   Bachelor's degree ................ |    51.1|    56.9|60.3(1.84)|64.5(1.39)| ‡   (†) | 0.4(0.14)| 5.4(0.56)|48.6(1.27)| 1.1(0.28)|27.9(1.31)|52.3 (1.28)|75.3 (1.36)
   Some graduate work (or study) .....|    55.1|    59.9|63.6(1.96)|68.9(1.64)| ‡   (†) | 0.8(0.44)| 0.8(0.92)|53.4(1.51)| 0.3(0.11)|33.8(1.41)|58.2 (1.58)|77.8 (1.23)
     No degree .......................|    --- |    62.2|64.7(4.39)|64.2(3.54)| ‡   (†) |  ‡   (†) |12.0(2.34)|49.2(3.50)|  ‡   (†) |31.7(3.24)|57.6 (4.24)|81.1 (2.91)
     Master's ........................|    --- |    59.1|65.7(2.64)|70.7(2.10)| ‡   (†) | 0.5(0.29)| 7.6(1.25)|55.7(2.07)| 0.3(0.16)|34.3(2.02)|58.5 (2.09)|78.6 (1.67)
     Doctor's ........................|    --- |    54.0|53.1(4.73)|63.7(3.98)| ‡   (†) | 3.2(2.92)| 7.1(2.34)|41.1(4.27)|  ‡   (†) |33.4(4.30)|48.7 (4.58)|69.4 (4.55)
     Professional ....................|    --- |    65.9|72.5(5.75)|72.8(3.79)| ‡   (†) |  ‡   (†) | 4.5(1.68)|61.9(4.36)|  ‡   (†) |34.8(3.76)|64.0 (4.21)|77.5 (3.81)
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 Urbanicity                           |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   Urban .............................|    34.5|    41.8|46.0(0.88)|48.0(0.70)|1.1(0.15)| 1.5(0.22)| 4.7(0.22)|30.5(0.55)| 1.3(0.18)|22.4(0.61)|34.8 (0.58)|60.2 (0.57)
     Urban, inside urbanized area ....|    --- |    42.3|46.5(0.95)|49.3(0.78)|1.1(0.15)| 1.7(0.25)| 4.9(0.27)|31.3(0.63)| 1.4(0.20)|23.1(0.66)|34.9 (0.66)|60.6 (0.63)
     Urban, outside urbanized area ...|    --- |    39.5|43.4(2.23)|41.6(1.70)|1.3(0.56)| 0.7(0.34)| 3.9(0.53)|26.3(1.36)| 0.7(0.29)|19.1(1.37)|34.3 (1.62)|57.7 (1.61)
   Rural .............................|    28.3|    35.4|39.9(1.58)|41.6(1.17)|0.5(0.14)| 0.1(0.04)| 3.4(0.41)|27.5(1.03)| 1.5(0.24)|18.0(0.96)|27.0 (1.32)|51.4 (1.56)
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 Labor force status                   |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   In labor force ....................|    40.7|    49.8|52.1(0.94)| ---  (†) | --- (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) |44.2 (0.68)|74.6 (0.72)
     Employed ........................|    42.0|    50.7|52.5(0.96)| ---  (†) | --- (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) |46.0 (0.70)|76.5 (0.70)
     Unemployed ......................|    26.0|    36.6|44.9(4.60)| ---  (†) | --- (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) |25.1 (2.31)|54.6 (2.99)
   Not in labor force ................|    15.7|    21.3|24.9(1.17)| ---  (†) | --- (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | ---  (†) | 8.8 (0.62)|22.3 (0.85)
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 Occupation                           |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   Executive, administrative,         |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      or managerial ..................|    49.3|    55.8|57.0(2.11)|66.2(1.61)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 7.6(0.88)|54.3(1.73)| 0.4(0.14)|28.0(1.69)|60.4 (2.08)|85.2 (1.76)
   Engineers, surveyors, and          |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      architects .....................|    62.6|    65.5|79.8(6.01)|68.1(4.46)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 8.9(3.68)|53.5(4.89)|  ‡   (†) |25.5(4.83)|61.4 (4.72)|90.5 (2.62)
   Natural scientists and             |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      mathematicians .................|    48.2|    72.3|60.5(6.74)|74.0(4.46)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 5.4(1.78)|60.6(5.29)|  ‡   (†) |33.4(4.38)|58.5 (5.69)|92.7 (2.11)
   Social scientists and workers,     |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      lawyers ........................|    55.6|    76.6|79.3(4.35)|83.5(3.05)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 8.1(2.92)|76.6(3.80)|  ‡   (†) |26.2(4.49)|76.4 (3.57)|87.6 (2.87)
   Teachers, elementary and secondary |    55.0|    54.8|66.5(5.61)|79.9(2.95)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |11.4(1.65)|70.4(3.15)| 0.2(0.22)|30.4(2.50)|73.8 (2.40)|87.5 (1.53)
   Teachers, postsecondary ...........|    45.5|    76.7|78.4(3.11)|69.4(4.60)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |11.6(3.29)|53.0(5.92)|  ‡   (†) |31.5(5.12)|64.6 (5.55)|90.5 (2.77)
   Physicians, dentists,              |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      veterinarians ..................|    67.1|    71.1|79.8(9.02)|78.5(6.38)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |11.0(4.55)|69.5(7.42)|  ‡   (†) |32.4(5.43)|86.5 (4.02)|93.8 (2.69)
   Registered nurses, pharmacists ....|    59.6|    86.7|85.4(4.10)|82.7(3.83)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 7.0(2.05)|78.7(3.84)|  ‡   (†) |32.5(4.18)|84.8 (2.73)|90.0 (3.00)
   Writers, artists, entertainers,    |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      and athletes ...................|    42.9|    49.9|50.0(6.93)|46.8(6.03)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 4.5(1.63)|22.0(3.89)| 3.1(1.32)|31.3(5.85)|34.7 (4.52)|68.0 (4.84)
   Health technologists/technicians ..|    68.6|    74.8|66.9(6.16)|85.6(3.25)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |10.8(3.08)|76.1(4.37)| 2.1(1.21)|27.5(4.80)|59.1 (5.89)|84.3 (4.00)
   Technologists, except health ......|    55.4|    64.3|59.6(5.07)|70.2(3.32)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |11.9(2.51)|56.7(3.54)| 1.0(0.45)|25.5(2.98)|50.1 (3.20)|83.2 (2.69)
   Marketing and sales occupations ...|    34.4|    44.2|44.4(2.73)|51.1(2.10)|1.4(0.59)| 0.7(0.29)| 4.0(0.83)|34.0(1.77)| 1.0(0.31)|23.8(1.90)|36.4 (2.18)|76.9 (2.29)
   Administrative support, including  |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      clerical .......................|    29.9|    51.7|50.1(2.29)|58.7(1.72)|0.9(0.46)| 0.4(0.15)| 7.3(0.90)|39.8(1.67)| 1.0(0.25)|25.6(1.66)|43.8 (2.04)|73.0 (2.08)
   Service occupations ...............|    25.2|    46.5|50.9(2.74)|49.3(2.24)|2.7(0.72)| 3.0(1.15)| 4.5(0.66)|27.0(1.59)| 1.1(0.37)|19.4(1.53)|36.6 (1.78)|66.1 (1.89)
   Agriculture, forestry, and fishing |    14.3|    26.4|34.3(7.16)|46.4(6.80)| ‡   (†) | 9.5(6.11)| 6.0(3.78)|23.7(6.19)|  ‡   (†) |21.0(6.28)|31.7 (5.94)|65.1 (5.44)
   Mechanics and repairers ...........|    32.1|    47.6|42.2(5.44)|35.1(3.40)| ‡   (†) | 0.9(0.53)| 1.5(0.76)|26.6(2.99)| 3.4(1.24)| 6.9(1.42)|31.1 (3.57)|79.0 (3.51)
   Construction and extractive        |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      occupations ....................|    21.9|    38.0|34.5(4.78)|32.3(3.19)|0.3(0.22)| 1.9(1.24)| 2.1(0.88)|16.7(2.29)| 5.5(1.43)|10.7(2.48)|21.5 (2.72)|66.1 (4.01)
   Precision production ..............|    31.2|    43.0|38.3(8.48)|35.1(6.19)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) |  ‡   (†) |22.6(6.23)|11.1(5.90)|16.4(4.31)|30.2 (8.97)|71.9 (8.61)
   Production workers ................|    21.1|    30.7|38.0(3.47)|39.4(2.82)|1.3(0.55)| 2.5(0.70)| 2.0(0.64)|25.3(2.42)| 4.5(1.33)|12.9(2.12)|27.2 (2.94)|62.7 (3.23)
   Transportation, material moving ...|    20.7|    28.4|33.3(4.25)|30.4(3.29)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 1.2(0.75)|19.8(2.78)|  ‡   (†) |13.3(2.49)|23.6 (3.19)|59.5 (3.70)
   Handler, equipment, cleaners,      |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
      helpers, and laborers ..........|    20.8|    25.1|19.6(4.56)|18.2(3.20)|1.6(0.83)| 1.0(0.54)| 1.4(0.78)|10.6(2.72)|  ‡   (†) | 5.6(1.91)|16.8 (4.06)|64.1 (5.92)
   Miscellaneous occupations .........|    --- |    56.6|43.0(7.98)|64.9(7.07)| ‡   (†) | ‡    (†) | 4.8(3.05)|52.0(8.78)|  ‡   (†) |26.8(7.83)|58.5(19.72)|90.1 (8.16)
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 Annual household income              |        |        |          |          |         |          |          |          |          |          |           |
   $5,000 or less ....................|    13.6|    21.3|21.0(3.22)|25.1(2.92)|3.9(1.51)| 2.2(0.89)| 1.1(0.50)| 8.3(1.88)| 0.5(0.26)|14.6(2.55)|11.3 (2.03)|36.5 (3.56)
   $5,001 to $10,000 .................|    17.5|    23.9|24.5(3.39)|28.0(2.74)|1.7(0.47)| 2.2(0.61)| 1.3(0.81)|12.4(1.86)| 1.7(1.22)|14.0(1.85)|11.4 (1.88)|36.0 (3.11)
   $10,001 to $15,000 ................|    22.8|    26.7|22.8(2.45)|28.6(2.30)|0.9(0.61)| 2.4(0.65)| 2.2(0.99)|10.5(1.52)| 2.2(1.04)|17.3(2.17)|13.2 (1.62)|42.4 (2.47)
   $15,001 to $20,000 ................|    21.9|    31.8|31.4(2.75)|30.2(2.48)|1.5(0.55)| 2.5(1.21)| 4.5(0.90)|13.3(1.50)| 0.4(0.19)|13.2(1.64)|14.3 (2.39)|41.3 (4.26)
   $20,001 to $25,000 ................|    26.7|    31.4|35.8(2.81)|35.2(2.27)|2.3(0.90)| 2.9(1.19)| 3.3(0.72)|17.8(1.72)| 1.5(0.55)|16.6(1.61)|17.2 (1.45)|40.7 (2.33)
   $25,001 to $30,000 ................|    32.1|    37.9|36.7(2.61)|38.3(2.43)|1.0(0.58)| 2.3(0.80)| 2.8(0.56)|19.0(1.74)| 1.0(0.39)|19.9(2.08)|20.6 (1.71)|52.3 (2.63)
   $30,001 to $40,000 ................|    35.6|    42.7|45.2(2.05)|44.6(1.54)|0.4(0.17)| 0.5(0.19)| 5.1(0.66)|27.6(1.37)| 1.2(0.30)|20.4(1.43)|31.6 (1.63)|58.3 (1.86)
   $40,001 to $50,000 ................|    44.8|    46.8|47.9(2.31)|49.1(1.93)|1.2(0.32)| 1.1(0.37)| 4.3(0.73)|30.8(1.70)| 2.2(0.58)|22.5(1.51)|36.3 (1.65)|59.9 (1.64)
   $50,001 to $75,000 ................|    46.6|    52.0|55.1(1.80)|55.7(1.48)|0.4(0.13)| 0.4(0.17)| 5.6(0.58)|39.3(1.28)| 1.4(0.31)|24.3(1.29)|40.2 (1.29)|64.0 (1.32)
   More than $75,000 .................|    48.7|    58.0|56.9(1.66)|59.5(1.29)|0.5(0.23)| 0.3(0.15)| 5.5(0.52)|44.6(1.19)| 1.0(0.20)|26.2(0.93)|49.0 (1.09)|72.8 (0.99)
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\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.
\2\The estimates of participation in basic education include only those participating in courses to improve "reading, writing, and math skills," and do not count participation in GED or other high-school equivalency courses.
\3\Included with precision production.
NOTE: Data are based upon a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Data do not include persons enrolled in high school or below. Data revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race/ethnicity categories may not sum to totals because they do not include "other" races/ethnicities. Occupation categories may not sum to totals because they exclude those not in the labor force. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Education, (AE-NHES:1991), (AE-NEHS:1995), and (AE-NHES:1999); Adult Education and Lifelong Learning Survey (AELL-NHES:2001); and Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons Survey (AEWR-NHES:2003) of the National Household Education Surveys Program. (This table was prepared November 2005.)
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