Percentage of adults who participated in adult education, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2005

Percentage of adults who participated in adult education, by sex and race/ethnicity: 2005
Characteristics	Number of adults (thousands)	Any formal adult education¹	Standard Error
Total	211,607	44	0.7

Male	101,596	41	1.2
White, non-Hispanic	71,989	42	1.4
Black, non-Hispanic	8,893	41	4.2
Hispanic	13,049	35	3.6
Asian, non Hispanic	3,281	54	6.5
Other, non-Hispanic²	4,384	34	6.1

Female	110,011	47	1.0
White, non-Hispanic	74,625	49	1.1
Black, non-Hispanic	14,574	50	3.6
Hispanic	13,052	40	3.1
Asian, non Hispanic	3,798	35	6.0
Other, non-Hispanic²	3,962	43	5.7
¹ Any formal adult education includes the following activities: enrollment in ESL classes, basic skills/GED classes, part-time college degree programs, part-time vocational degree/diploma programs, apprenticeships, work-related courses, and personal interest courses. ² Other, non-Hispanic includes Native Hawaiian, American Indian, Alaska Native, and non-Hispanic adults of more than one race. NOTE: 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 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), 2005.