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| Table A24. Percentage of adults who reported having an interest in taking any or additional work-related courses, percentage who looked for information about such courses, and percentage who had various views about taking work-related courses, by participation status in formal work-related courses and selected adult characteristics: 2002–03 | |||||||
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| Views about taking work-related courses | |||||||
| Characteristic | Had an interest in taking any or additional work- related courses |
Look for information about such courses 1 | Do not have enough training to do my job well 2 | Super- visor supports me to get more training 3 |
My job requires additional training 2 | There would be financial benefit to getting additional training | More training would help me get ahead in my job or career |
| Total | 37.3 | 67.0 | 10.6 | 69.9 | 48.5 | 55.0 | 58.8 |
| Took any formal work-related course | |||||||
| Yes | 58.3 | 76.2 | 10.0 | 82.5 | 62.8 | 62.4 | 71.3 |
| No | 26.8 | 57.1 | 11.1 | 59.7 | 37.2 | 51.3 | 52.6 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 37.1 | 68.4 | 9.6 | 69.3 | 49.2 | 56.0 | 59.1 |
| Female | 37.4 | 65.7 | 11.7 | 70.4 | 47.7 | 54.0 | 58.5 |
| Race/ethnicity 4 | |||||||
| White | 35.9 | 67.3 | 8.8 | 70.7 | 47.5 | 49.3 | 52.2 |
| Black | 39.2 | 67.3 | 14.0 | 66.6 | 48.8 | 65.0 | 71.8 |
| Hispanic | 41.1 | 62.8 | 16.7 | 68.1 | 52.9 | 78.2 | 82.9 |
| Other | 43.7 | 71.7 | 15.4 | 69.7 | 51.5 | 60.1 | 68.7 |
| Age as of 2002 | |||||||
| 16–24 years | 36.1 | 66.5 | 15.5 | 71.6 | 44.0 | 69.4 | 79.4 |
| 25–34 years | 46.5 | 69.1 | 9.2 | 74.9 | 51.6 | 65.3 | 76.8 |
| 35–44 years | 47.8 | 70.5 | 10.3 | 69.8 | 52.1 | 63.1 | 68.1 |
| 45–54 years | 45.5 | 67.2 | 10.1 | 71.1 | 50.5 | 55.7 | 59.6 |
| 55–64 years | 30.1 | 62.2 | 9.7 | 63.3 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 41.2 |
| 65 years or older | 10.0 | 45.8 | 9.9 | 43.0 | 29.6 | 32.1 | 24.9 |
| Highest level of education attainment | |||||||
| High school diploma or less | 27.0 | 55.8 | 10.2 | 61.5 | 40.3 | 52.2 | 54.5 |
| Some college but no degree | 40.5 | 66.3 | 13.3 | 67.6 | 46.3 | 59.8 | 64.3 |
| Vocational/associate's degree | 44.5 | 70.5 | 10.9 | 73.1 | 55.4 | 60.6 | 65.9 |
| Bachelor's degree | 48.6 | 73.0 | 10.1 | 79.5 | 56.5 | 58.2 | 62.9 |
| Graduate or professional degree | 52.4 | 81.5 | 8.0 | 83.7 | 61.0 | 48.7 | 55.1 |
| Employment status in past 12 months | |||||||
| Full-time | 48.5 | 69.9 | 9.0 | 72.8 | 50.9 | 57.5 | 64.5 |
| Part-time | 34.1 | 62.7 | 12.0 | 63.3 | 38.4 | 47.8 | 56.3 |
| Not employed | 18.7 | 56.8 | † | † | † | 52.0 | 46.9 |
| Months employed in past 12 months | |||||||
| 12 months | 45.3 | 68.9 | 9.0 | 71.2 | 48.3 | 54.8 | 62.2 |
| 1–11 months | 44.0 | 68.2 | 15.1 | 66.3 | 49.1 | 60.3 | 67.9 |
| Not in the labor force | 18.7 | 56.8 | † | † | † | 52.0 | 46.9 |
| Occupation 2 | |||||||
| Professional/managerial | 57.4 | 77.9 | 9.1 | 81.1 | 58.4 | 53.9 | 63.1 |
| Sales/service/clerical | 41.0 | 64.6 | 12.0 | 67.2 | 44.8 | 58.5 | 65.9 |
| Trade and labor | 36.1 | 58.7 | 10.1 | 60.5 | 42.6 | 54.9 | 60.1 |
| Size of employer 2 | |||||||
| Fewer than 25 employees | 41.6 | 68.3 | 11.0 | 62.6 | 46.4 | 54.6 | 61.4 |
| 25–99 employees | 43.1 | 63.5 | 11.0 | 64.4 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 60.9 |
| 100–499 employees | 44.8 | 63.5 | 9.9 | 71.6 | 45.0 | 56.9 | 63.6 |
| 500 or more employees | 47.6 | 72.1 | 10.6 | 74.1 | 51.2 | 57.6 | 65.9 |
| Continuing education required for occupation |
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| Yes | 49.6 | 73.8 | 10.9 | 78.6 | 66.5 | 62.6 | 68.0 |
| No | 32.8 | 63.3 | 10.5 | 66.5 | 41.3 | 52.2 | 55.4 |
| † Not applicable. | |||||||
| 1 Includes only adults who reported that they had an interest in taking any or additional work-related courses. | |||||||
| 2 Includes only adults who worked in the past 12 months. | |||||||
| 3 Includes only adults who worked in the past 12 months and were not self-employed only. | |||||||
| 4 Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Other includes Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, those with more than one race, and those of other (unspecified) race. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. | |||||||
| 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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