Table 6. Percentage of employed adults enrolled in formal work-related courses or training who reported selected forms of employer support, by selected adult characteristics: 2004-05
Characteristic	Number of adults (thousands)	Any employer support	Types of employer support
			Financial support (tuition, books, materials)	Program offered at workplace	Program taken during regular work hours	Salary paid during time of training
Total	47,760	91	83	56	75	77
Age
16 to 24 years	4,275	75	60	32	55	43
25 to 34 years	10,970	88	80	52	73	74
35 to 44 years	12,434	95	90	58	74	79
45 to 54 years	13,028	95	87	65	82	85
55 to 64 years	6,167	94	86	56	80	84
65 years or older	886	91	73	63	77	83
Sex
Male	20,488	92	86	56	80	79
Female	27,272	90	81	56	72	75
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	36,010	92	84	57	76	76
Black, non-Hispanic	5,133	89	81	60	75	78
Hispanic	3,525	92	89	48	71	78
Asian or Pacific Islander,   non-Hispanic	1,376	95	91	54	72	84
Other race, non-Hispanic	1,716	80	66	45	66	72
Highest education level completed
Less than a high school   diploma/equivalent	939	83	64	30	68	60
High school diploma/   equivalent	8,755	93	83	58	76	79
Some college/vocational/   associate’s degree	15,532	89	82	55	74	76
Bachelor’s degree	14,131	92	87	55	76	78
Graduate or professional   education or degree	8,404	93	82	60	75	76
Household income
$20,000 or less	2,670	79	68	41	54	62
$20,001 to $35,000	4,981	88	81	54	67	70
$35,001 to $50,000	6,630	93	84	61	75	74
$50,001 to $75,000	13,443	92	84	53	74	76
$75,001 or more	20,037	93	86	58	81	82
Employment status
Employed full-time	38,527	93	86	57	80	81
Employed part-time	7,141	83	74	49	51	57
Unemployed and looking   for work	697	79	64	56	76	60
Not in the labor force	1,395	81	71	62	56	63
Occupation
Professional/managerial	24,199	93	85	59	76	79
Sales/service/clerical	17,476	89	81	50	74	76
Trade and labor	6,085	89	82	61	74	72
NOTE: Work-related courses or training are defined as any formal courses or training taken in the 12 months prior to the interview that had an instructor present and were related to job or career, whether or not the respondent had a job when he or she took them. Information was collected on up to four work-related courses or training taken in the 12 months prior to the interview. If an adult took more than four courses or training, four were sampled for data collection. These questions were asked only of people who reported having worked sometime in the 12 months prior to the interview and were not self-employed only and who reported being employed during the time that they were taking the work-related courses or training. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Education Survey of the 2005 National Household Education Surveys Program.