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Table A3. Number of adults who have a work credential and among them, percentage who have a credential in selected fields of work, by type of credential and most important credential type: 2016

  Work credential   Most important work credential
Any   Certification   License   Any   Certification   License
Number (thousands) 41,394   11,787   34,478   41,394   8,359   33,035
                       
Any work credential (percentage) 100   28   83   †   †   †
Most important work credential (percentage) †   †   †   100   20   80
Work credential field (percentage)                      
Science, engineering, and mathematics 5   13   2   5   16   2
Business 8   14   5   7   15   4
Finance, insurance, and real estate 10   6   10   9   6   10
Healthcare 31   19   33   29   17   32
Personal care and services 7   4   8   7   4   7
Public and social services 16   10   16   13   10   14
Teaching and instruction 16   7   18   14   6   16
Trades 14   15   13   13   17   12
Other fields1 2   3   1   1   3   1
Unknown 14   19   12   3   6   2
† Not applicable.
1 Other fields include forestry, interpreter for the deaf, graphic design, interior design, and other subject areas.
NOTE: As defined in the survey, adults are ages 16 to 65 and not enrolled in high school. Work credentials are certifications and licenses; cases for which one or more reported work credentials were deemed invalid are treated as not having any reported work credentials (n=170). Most important credential is the credential that respondents reported as their most important one. Respondents could report up to three specific work credentials. The percentage of adults with "any" work credential is less than the sum of those with certifications and licenses because some respondents reported having both work credentials. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Adult Training and Education Survey (ATES) of the National Household Education Surveys Program, 2016.
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