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Table A4. Percentage of adults with a work credential who have a credential with each characteristic, by type of most important work credential: 2016

Work credential characteristic	Most important work credential
Work credential characteristic	Any		Certification		License
Method of preparing for credential¹
Classes from college, technical school, or trade school	67		52		71
Classes or training from company, association, union, or private instructor	38		47		36
Studying on your own using textbooks or online resources	51		59		49
Credential is for current job (among employed)
Yes	85		78		87
No	15		22		13
Number of years since credential was first obtained
0 to 5 years	34		44		31
6 to 10 years	18		21		18
11 to 15 years	14		13		14
16 to 20 years	11		10		11
More than 20 years	23		12		26
¹Details do not sum to 100. Respondents could select as many methods of preparation as applied.
NOTE: As defeined 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). Respondents could report characteristics for up to three specific work credentials. Most important credential is the credential that respondents reported as their most important one.
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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