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| Table A23. Percentage of participants in formal work-related courses who reported various results of participation and the usefulness of skills and knowledge learned for their work or career, by type of instructional provider, topic of course, and reasons of participation: 2002–03 | ||||||||||
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| Type of instructional provider, topic of instruction, reasons of participation, delivery method, and employer support |
Results of participation in formal courses | Usefulness of skills or knowledge for job or career |
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| Improved existing skills |
Learned new skills |
Increased employability in the labor market |
Improved ability to advance in career |
Obtained new job or changed career |
Made more money |
Useful or very useful |
Somewhat useful or not too useful |
Have not used skills yet |
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| Total | 94.2 | 73.6 | 73.8 | 70.6 | 12.9 | 22.5 | 80.0 | 27.3 | 0.6 | |
| Type of instructional provider | ||||||||||
| Employer | 93.1 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 67.8 | 12.0 | 21.0 | 84.8 | 28.0 | 0.3 | |
| Postsecondary institution | 94.4 | 75.6 | 69.9 | 71.1 | 11.2 | 21.8 | 69.1 | 20.7 | 1.0 | |
| Business or industry | 94.1 | 66.2 | 71.5 | 69.7 | 12.2 | 23.2 | 71.3 | 20.8 | 0.7 | |
| Government agency | 91.0 | 66.3 | 62.7 | 56.7 | 10.2 | 12.9 | 68.7 | 19.6 | 1.3 | |
| Professional association or organization | 94.9 | 63.0 | 64.9 | 69.4 | 8.7 | 18.4 | 80.2 | 20.8 | 0.2 | |
| Other | 94.4 | 74.7 | 64.1 | 59.6 | 8.2 | 13.3 | 66.1 | 20.0 | 0.1 | |
| Topic of instruction | ||||||||||
| Business | 91.8 | 66.6 | 71.7 | 71.8 | 12.1 | 23.9 | 77.4 | 25.6 | 0.6 | |
| Computer science | 92.1 | 77.5 | 72.9 | 68.6 | 8.7 | 15.9 | 71.5 | 21.0 | 0.6 | |
| Education | 97.2 | 78.1 | 65.1 | 58.3 | 5.8 | 10.0 | 83.6 | 29.8 | 0.3 | |
| Health | 93.6 | 67.7 | 64.5 | 55.6 | 8.9 | 15.7 | 82.3 | 17.3 | 0.4 | |
| Science | 92.2 | 60.9 | 69.4 | 59.9 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 79.3 | 23.1 | 0.0 | |
| Social sciences and services | 96.2 | 58.3 | 58.4 | 61.0 | 3.5 | 12.2 | 71.3 | 23.5 | 0.3 | |
| Vocational trades | 91.9 | 72.9 | 78.7 | 68.8 | 16.2 | 25.8 | 75.1 | 22.8 | 0.3 | |
| Other | 92.1 | 71.8 | 65.3 | 65.9 | 15.9 | 24.7 | 75.4 | 22.2 | 0.5 | |
| Reasons for participating | ||||||||||
| To maintain and improve skills | 96.5 | 72.2 | 74.6 | 71.8 | 11.7 | 22.3 | 81.6 | 25.1 | 0.4 | |
| To obtain new skills | 95.1 | 88.3 | 78.2 | 73.6 | 13.8 | 23.8 | 80.9 | 22.0 | 0.6 | |
| To advance in or change job or career | 95.4 | 82.9 | 86.8 | 87.3 | 33.2 | 47.3 | 77.8 | 15.4 | 1.1 | |
| To obtain/keep state/ industry certificate | 94.7 | 68.7 | 71.9 | 68.6 | 15.2 | 24.6 | 78.9 | 20.7 | 0.9 | |
| Because employer required/ recommended1 | 93.2 | 72.0 | 73.1 | 68.1 | 11.3 | 20.5 | 83.8 | 26.9 | 0.4 | |
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1 Includes only adults who worked in the past 12 months and were not self-employed only. NOTE: The estimates in this table were based on the responses given for up to four courses by each participant. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program. |
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