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Table A68. Percentage of adults ages 25 to 64 who took classes from a postsecondary institution to earn their most important work credential and who use their most important work credential in their current job, by type of work credential: 2016
Type of work credential | Took classes from a postsecondary institution to earn their most important work credential |
Use their most important work credential in their current job |
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Certification | 50.7 | 70.0 | ||
License | 70.6 | 78.4 | ||
Work credential | 66.6 | 76.7 |
NOTE: Adults are ages 25 to 64 and not enrolled in high school. The number of adults who have a work credential is approximately 38,325,000. Work credentials include certifications and licenses. 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. | |||||
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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