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                                      |         |Ever a participant| Participated in  | Participated in
                                      |         |    in adult      |adult education2/ |adult education2/
           Characteristics            |Number of|   education\2\   | in past 3 years  |   in past year
                  of                  |adults in|------------------|------------------|------------------
             participants             |  popu-  |         |Percent |         |Percent |         |Percent
                                      |lation\1\| Number  |of popu-| Number  |of popu-| Number  |of popu-
                                      |         |         | lation |         | lation |         | lation
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                  1                   |    2    |    3    |   4    |    5    |   6    |    7    |   8
--------------------------------------|---------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------
     Total ...........................| 181,800 |  97,397 |     54 |  69,361 |     38 |  57,391 |     32
                                      |---------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------
Age                                   |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  17 to 24 years .....................|  21,688 |   9,240 |     43 |   8,756 |     40 |   7,125 |     33
  25 to 34 years .....................|  47,244 |  27,325 |     58 |  22,773 |     48 |  17,530 |     37
  35 to 44 years .....................|  38,565 |  25,043 |     65 |  19,581 |     51 |  17,083 |     44
  45 to 54 years .....................|  25,375 |  14,755 |     58 |   9,351 |     37 |   8,107 |     32
  55 to 64 years .....................|  19,967 |  10,101 |     51 |   5,150 |     26 |   4,516 |     23
  65 years and over ..................|  28,960 |  10,934 |     38 |   3,750 |     13 |   3,031 |     10
                                      |         |         |        |         |        |         |
Sex                                   |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  Men ................................|  82,154 |  42,163 |     51 |  29,945 |     36 |  25,923 |     32
  Women ..............................|  99,646 |  55,234 |     55 |  39,415 |     40 |  31,469 |     32
                                      |         |         |        |         |        |         |
Racial/ethnic group                   |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  White, non-Hispanic ................| 143,144 |  80,099 |     56 |  56,715 |     40 |  47,401 |     33
  Black, non-Hispanic ................|  20,141 |   8,213 |     41 |   5,552 |     28 |   4,586 |     23
  Hispanic ...........................|  13,804 |   6,905 |     50 |   5,396 |     39 |   4,032 |     29
  Other races, non-Hispanic ..........|   4,711 |   2,180 |     46 |   1,698 |     36 |   1,371 |     29
                                      |         |         |        |         |        |         |
Highest level of education            |         |         |        |         |        |         |
 completed                            |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  Less than high school diploma ......|  28,306 |   7,337 |     26 |   4,127 |     15 |   3,437 |     12
  High school diploma ..............  | 110,384 |  58,135 |     53 |  39,403 |     36 |  31,602 |     29
  Associate degree ...................|   5,034 |   3,949 |     78 |   3,191 |     63 |   2,461 |     49
  Bachelor's degree or higher ........|  38,076 |  27,976 |     73 |  22,640 |     59 |  19,891 |     52
                                      |         |         |        |         |        |         |
Labor force status                    |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  In labor force .....................| 125,440 |  73,513 |     59 |  58,078 |     46 |  49,242 |     39
    Employed .........................| 115,620 |  69,421 |     60 |  55,093 |     48 |  47,143 |     41
    Unemployed .......................|   9,820 |   4,092 |     42 |   2,985 |     30 |   2,099 |     21
  Not in labor force..................|  56,361 |  23,884 |     42 |  11,283 |     20 |   8,149 |     14
                                      |         |         |        |         |        |         |
Annual family income                  |         |         |        |         |        |         |
  $10,000 or less ....................|  27,504 |  10,706 |     39 |   5,766 |     21 |   3,843 |     14
  $10,001 to $15,000 .................|  15,465 |   7,014 |     45 |   4,426 |     29 |   3,178 |     21
  $15,001 to $20,000 .................|  16,117 |   6,335 |     39 |   4,183 |     26 |   3,308 |     21
  $20,001 to $25,000 .................|  16,092 |   7,666 |     48 |   5,343 |     33 |   4,063 |     25
  $25,001 to $30,000 .................|  17,973 |   9,309 |     52 |   6,570 |     37 |   5,445 |     30
  $30,001 to $40,000 .................|  26,110 |  14,922 |     57 |  10,313 |     39 |   9,043 |     35
  $40,001 to $50,000 .................|  21,303 |  13,270 |     62 |  10,526 |     49 |   9,313 |     44
  $50,001 to $75,000 .................|  24,540 |  16,629 |     68 |  12,971 |     53 |  11,235 |     46
  More than $75,000 ..................|  16,695 |  11,546 |     69 |   9,263 |     55 |   7,963 |     48
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1 Persons 17 years of age and over on the date of the survey.

2 Adult education is defined as all non-full-time education activities such as part-time college attendance, classes or seminars given by employers, and classes taken for adult literacy purposes, or for recreation and enjoyment.

NOTE.--Data are based upon a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Participation in Adult Education," unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1991.)