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Table A44. Percentage of adults ages 25 to 64 who have a nondegree credential or who completed a work experience program, by selected background characteristics: 2016

        Nondegree credential    
              Work credential          
Background characteristic Number of
adults
(thousands)		     Nondegree
credential,
total		     Work
credential,
total		     Certification     License     Postsecond-
ary certificate		     Work
experience
program
                                       
Total, all adults 164,125     29.7     23.4     6.7     19.5     8.9     21.3
                                       
Sex                                      
Male 75,761     27.1     21.1     7.2     17.0     8.5      
Female 88,364     31.9     25.3     6.2     21.7     9.1      
                                       
Race/Ethnicity                                      
Hispanic/Latino 28,270     21.4     15.8     4.6     13.0     7.5     12.5
Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander 9,859     22.9     19.2     5.7     15.5     5.2     23.6
Black or African American 20,051     31.6     22.3     5.3     19.6     12.7     18.0
White 101,397     32.3     26.1     7.6     21.7     8.7     24.0
Other1 4,549     29.6     21.5     6.9     17.6     10.9     25.0
                                       
Age                                      
25 to 34 years 41,619     28.1     22.9     7.1     18.8     7.5     30.9
35 to 44 years 40,044     32.2     26.1     7.6     21.6     8.5     24.0
45 to 54 years 41,778     30.8     23.9     6.6     20.2     9.9     16.6
55 to 64 years 40,684     27.7     20.5     5.4     17.4     9.5     13.7
                                       
Highest level of education,
not counting postsecondary certificates		                                      
Less than high school 18,857     7.5     5.7     1.9     4.5     2.2     2.9
High school (or equivalent) 42,396     18.9     12.9     3.6     10.5     7.5     6.1
Some college, no degree 32,019     35.6     22.2     7.1     17.9     18.8     12.9
Associate’s degree 14,294     44.1     32.5     9.6     26.8     17.4     25.5
Bachelor’s degree 37,089     32.1     28.7     9.0     23.6     5.3     35.2
Graduate or professional degree 19,471     49.6     48.3     10.6     43.1     2.4     56.3
                                       
Highest level of education, counting postsecondary
certificates		                                      
Less than high school 18,451     5.5     5.5     1.9     4.3     0.0     2.7
High school (or equivalent) 39,208     12.3     12.3     3.3     10.1     0.0     5.1
Postsecondary certificate 9,617     100.0     25.1     8.5     20.3     100.0     21.7
Some college, no degree or certificate 25,995     20.6     20.6     6.6     16.5     0.0     10.4
Associate’s degree 14,294     44.1     32.5     9.6     26.8     17.4     25.5
Bachelor’s degree 37,089     32.1     28.7     9.0     23.6     5.3     35.2
Graduate or professional degree 19,471     49.6     48.3     10.6     43.1     2.4     56.3
                                       
Highest level of education, aggregated                                      
High school or less 57,659     10.1     10.1     2.8     8.3     0.0     4.4
Some college, no bachelor’s degree (including certificate holders) 49,907     42.7     24.9     7.8     20.2     24.3     16.9
Bachelor’s or higher degree 56,559     38.2     35.5     9.6     30.3     4.3     42.5
                                       
Labor force participation                                      
In labor force 121,593     33.6     27.4     8.0     22.8     9.1     23.9
Not in labor force 42,532     18.5     11.7     2.9     10.1     8.2     13.9
                                       
Employment status among those in the labor
force		                                      
Employed 110,977     34.5     28.7     8.3     23.9     8.7     24.7
Unemployed 10,616     24.6     14.3     5.1     11.2     12.4     15.0
                                       
Underemployment status among those
employed2		                                      
Underemployed 10,303     26.3     19.3     6.5     16.0     9.5     20.0
Not underemployed 100,673     35.3     29.6     8.4     24.7     8.7     25.2
                                       
Combined underemployment and
unemployment status among those in the labor
force		                                      
Underemployed or unemployed 20,919     25.4     16.8     5.8     13.6     11.0     17.5
Employed and not underemployed 100,673     35.3     29.6     8.4     24.7     8.7     25.2
                                       
Sector of employment among those employed                                      
Private sector 91,206     32.1     26.3     8.3     21.2     8.8     22.9
Public sector 19,770     45.3     39.7     8.1     36.1     8.7     33.3
1 "Other" includes American Indian, Alaska Native, and respondents having origins in two or more races. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin.
2 Underemployed adults are those who are employed part time only but would prefer to work full time or are working in a temporary job but would prefer a permanent job.
NOTE: Adults are ages 25 to 64 and not enrolled in high school. Certifications and licenses were defined in the survey as follows: "A professional certification or license shows you are qualified to perform a specific job and includes things like licensed realtor, certified medical assistant, certified teacher, or an IT certification." If a respondent indicated that a license or certification was required by a government agency, it was counted as a license; otherwise it was counted as a certification. Information was collected on respondents’ three most important licenses and certifications. Postsecondary certificates are credentials obtained from a community college or other postsecondary school that included at least 40 hours of instruction and did not require being enrolled in or having completed a bachelor’s degree program or higher. Work credentials include certifications and licenses, and nondegree credentials include work credentials and postsecondary certificates. A work experience program is defined in the survey as an internship, co-op, practicum, clerkship, externship, residency, clinical experience, apprenticeship, or similar program. 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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