Participation in Adult Education statistics


		Participants in			Participants in		Participants in
		adult education			adult education		adult education

					Reason for taking		Reason for taking
					course (percent) ¹		course (percent) ¹
Characteristic		Number	Per-
	Adult	taking	cent			Train	Improve	Complete
	popu-	adult ed.	of	Personal/	Advance	for a	basic	degree or
	lation	courses	total	social	on the job	new job	skills	diploma


Total, 1995	189,543	76,261	40	44	54	11	1	10
Total, 1999	194,434	88,809	46	43	54	12	1	11

Age: 17 to 24 years old	25,276	13,029	52	34	32	20	2	23
25 to 34 years old	34,880	19,431	56	38	56	16	1	11
35 to 44 years old	45,258	23,047	51	41	62	13	1	9
45 to 54 years old	37,153	18,972	51	44	65	6	1	7
55 to 64 years old	24,309	9,003	37	49	56	7	1	9
65 years old and over	27,559	5,328	19	76	22		1	4
Sex: Male	92,946	40,204	43	34	59	11	1	13
Female	101,488	48,605	48	50	50	12	1	9
Race/ethnicity:
White ²	143,679	65,547	46	45	56	11	1	10
Black ²	22,129	10,803	49	42	52	15	2	13
Hispanic	19,491	7,981	41	35	45	14	3	11
Other races ²	9,135	4,478	49	35	49	14	3	19
Region:
Northeast	39,760	17,018	43	42	56	13	1	9
Midwest	46,693	21,961	47	45	53	11	1	12
South	66,865	29,534	44	41	56	12	1	11
West	41,116	20,296	49	44	52	10	1	10

Marital status:
Never married	41,530	20,773	50	34	45	17	2	18
Currently married	118,568	55,966	47	46	58	10	1	9
Other	34,337	12,070	35	45	55	11	1	8
Children under 18 in household
Yes	83,365	43,060	52	41	55	12	1	12
No	111,070	45,749	41	44	53	11	1	10
Educational attainment:
Up to 8th grade	11,078	1,527	14	41	39	3	1	21
9th to 12th grade	21,375	5,578	26	35	28	15	3	21
High school diploma or GED	53,488	19,693	37	39	52	12	1	7
Vocational school after high school	6,319	2,629	42	44	57	11	2	5
Some college	35,147	18,220	52	48	46	14	1	15
Associate's degree	11,377	6,735	59	38	60	15	1	14
Bachelor's or higher	55,651	34,426	62	45	63	9	1	8
Labor force status:
Employed	132,227	70,849	54	37	63	12	1	11
Unemployed	7,963	3,433	43	39	23	32		22
Not in the labor force	54,244	14,527	27	72	17	7	1	10
Occupation: ³
Professional	21,474	16,460	77	38	73	11	1	11
Executive, administrative and
managerial	26,128	14,692	56	38	72	8		9
Technical and related support	6,940	4,363	63	33	73	16	2	13
Sales workers	12,472	6,117	49	52	44	12	1	14
Administrative support ⁴	19,162	9,655	50	37	61	14	1	7
Service	15,570	7,823	50	34	55	14	1	11
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing	2,028	879	43	29	37	9	2	18
Precision production, craft
and repair	9,857	4,078	41	33	63	7	1	9
Machine operators, assemblers ⁵	8,800	3,359	38	26	61	15	1	12
Transportation and materials
moving	4,732	1,740	37	33	45	22	2	19
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers and laborers	3,207	811	25	28	34	10	5	21
Nonclassifiable, undetermined	1,858	873	47	67	37	13		3

Household income: ⁶
Under $10,000	22,899	10,551	54	46	32	16	1	17
$10,001 to $15,000	15,699	6,596	42	41	43	19	2	14
$15,001 to $20,000	15,965	6,195	39	41	54	12	3	12
$20,001 to $25,000	17,467	8,657	50	34	56	14	1	9
$25,001 to $30,000	14,205	8,027	57	34	63	15	1	10
$30,001 to $40,000	21,452	12,939	60	39	68	11		9
$40,001 to $50,000	14,229	8,736	61	36	74	9		12
$50,001 to $75,000	15,845	9,935	63	40	75	10	1	10
More than $75,000	11,606	6,836	59	33	72	5		7

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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328. Participation in Adult Education