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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED337625 AUTHOR: Korb, Roslyn; And Others
TITLE: Adult Education Profile for 1990-91. Statistics in
Brief.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 10 p.
ABSTRACT: Those who could most benefit from adult education
are the least likely to participate in it, according to
data from a 1991 large-scale, nationally representative
field test of the educational activities of adults in the
United States. The National Household Education Survey data
showed that 38 percent of adults age 17 or older
participated in some educational activity in 1990-91. Those
more likely to participate in adult education are in the
following groups: (1) people in professional, technical,
support, service, finance, insurance, or real estate
occupations, elementary and secondary teachers, and public
administrators; (2) people with some college; (3) people in
households with incomes above $30,000; (4) whites; (5)
adults between 35 and 44; (6) married or single (never
married) adults; and (7) adults with children under 16
compared to those with no children. Adults with a
12th-grade education or less, who were not employed, or
whose households were at the lowest income levels seemed
less likely to participate in some part time educational
activity. (NLA)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adult-Programs; Age-; Educational
Attainment; Employment-Level; Family-Income;
Marital-Status; Parents-; Part-Time-Students; Race-; Sex-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adult-Education; *Participation-;
*Student Characteristics
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