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| Table 353. | 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 | | | | |
|of adults|of career| participating | Number| | Percent of adults participating | Number|
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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)
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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. †Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. \1\Estimates are not directly comparable to 1995 and 1999 due to wording in questions. 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, Adult Education Survey (AE-NHES:1995 and AE-NHES:1999) and 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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