Digest of Education Statistics 1997 Table 354.--Participation in adult education during the previous 12 months by adults 17 years old and older, by selected characteristics of participants: 1991 and 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1991 | 1995 |____________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________________ Characteristics | Popula- | Adult |Percent of adults participating | Popula- | Adult | Percent of adults participating of | tion, | educa- |________________________________| tion, | educa- |________________________________________________________ participants | in | tion | | In | In |In part-| in | tion | In | In | In |In part-| In | In | Other |thousands|partici- |In any |basic |English | time |thousands|partici- | any |basic |English | time |career |appren-| per- | | pants, |program|educa-| as a | higher | | pants, |program|educa-| as a | higher |or job | tice | sonal | |in thou- | | tion | second | educa- | |in thou- | | tion | second | educa- |related| pro- |courses | |sands\1\ | | |language| tion | |sands\1\ | | |language| tion |courses| grams | _______________________________________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 _______________________________________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_______|_______|_______ Total ..................................| 181,800 | 59,924 | 33.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 189,543 | 76,261 | 40.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 20.9 | 1.1 | 19.9 |_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_______|_______|_______ Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men .................................| 82,154 | 26,817 | 32.6 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 90,256 | 34,450 | 38.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 21.8 | 1.7 | 15.8 Women ...............................| 99,646 | 33,108 | 33.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 99,287 | 41,811 | 42.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 20.2 | 0.6 | 23.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 to 24 years ......................| 21,688 | 8,197 | 37.8 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 7.9 | 22,407 | 10,539 | 47.0 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 12.6 | 14.7 | 3.2 | 21.5 25 to 29 years ......................| 22,603 | 9,049 | 40.0 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 18,988 | 9,420 | 49.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 10.9 | 25.5 | 2.5 | 21.0 30 to 34 years ......................| 24,641 | 9,275 | 37.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 21,338 | 10,088 | 47.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 26.1 | 1.3 | 23.3 35 to 39 years ......................| 21,000 | 8,839 | 42.1 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 22,494 | 10,737 | 47.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 29.1 | 1.3 | 20.9 40 to 44 years ......................| 17,565 | 8,650 | 49.2 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 19,810 | 10,078 | 50.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 31.2 | 0.9 | 24.9 45 to 49 years ......................| 11,303 | 4,523 | 40.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 17,463 | 8,499 | 48.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 32.5 | 0.5 | 21.1 50 to 54 years ......................| 14,072 | 3,767 | 26.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 14,344 | 6,093 | 42.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 26.3 | 0.3 | 19.7 55 to 59 years ......................| 9,564 | 2,770 | 29.0 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 11,096 | 3,577 | 32.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 17.3 60 to 64 years ......................| 10,403 | 1,808 | 17.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 10,728 | 2,540 | 23.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 15.2 65 to 69 years ......................| 9,920 | 1,409 | 14.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10,215 | 1,850 | 18.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 70 years and over ...................| 19,040 | 1,638 | 8.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 20,661 | 2,841 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 12.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Racial/ethnic group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | White, non-Hispanic .................| 143,144 | 48,843 | 34.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 144,587 | 59,982 | 41.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 20.8 Black, non-Hispanic .................| 20,141 | 5,207 | 25.9 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 20,806 | 7,704 | 37.0 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 16.2 | 1.6 | 18.9 Hispanic ........................... | 13,804 | 4,339 | 31.4 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 15,689 | 5,281 | 33.7 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 11.8 | 1.8 | 13.8 Asian American/Pacific Islander .....| 2,738 | 984 | 35.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 4,377 | 1,739 | 39.7 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 18.1 | 2.6 | 15.9 American Indian/Alaskan Native ......| 997 | 293 | 29.3 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 1,155 | 448 | 38.8 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 20.6 | 0.9 | 21.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Highest level of education | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | completed | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Eighth grade or less .............. | 10,163 | 784 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 12,808 | 1,283 | 10.0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 4.9 9th to 12th grade, no diploma ...... | 17,581 | 2,781 | 15.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 16,511 | 3,332 | 20.2 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 1.1 | 9.2 High school diploma .............. | 67,129 | 16,194 | 24.1 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 62,956 | 19,341 | 30.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 15.4 Some vocational/technical .......... | 6,994 | 2,392 | 34.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 6,327 | 2,648 | 41.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 21.9 | 1.5 | 21.1 Some college ........................| 36,823 | 15,260 | 41.4 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 7.7 | 34,433 | 16,978 | 49.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.1 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 25.3 Associate degree ....................| 5,034 | 2,479 | 49.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 7.0 | 9,975 | 5,601 | 56.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.9 | 32.1 | 1.4 | 27.4 Bachelor's degree ................ | 23,545 | 12,025 | 51.1 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 26,858 | 15,286 | 56.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 36.1 | 0.5 | 27.0 Some graduate work (or study) .......| 14,531 | 8,009 | 55.1 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 19,677 | 11,792 | 59.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 8.5 | 40.4 | 0.4 | 29.1 No degree .........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 4,123 | 2,563 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 32.5 | 0.5 | 33.5 Master's ..........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 10,522 | 6,219 | 59.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 8.1 | 41.0 | 0.4 | 29.0 Doctor's ..........................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 2,564 | 1,384 | 54.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 35.0 | 0.5 | 25.1 Professional ......................| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 2,467 | 1,626 | 65.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 56.6 | 0.6 | 26.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metropolitan area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inside metropolitan area ............| 137,472 | 47,387 | 34.5 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 142,522 | 59,627 | 41.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 6.5 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 20.3 Inside central city ............ | ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 118,170 | 49,996 | 42.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 22.7 | 1.2 | 20.2 Outside central city ..............| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 24,352 | 9,630 | 39.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 21.1 Outside metropolitan area ...........| 44,328 | 12,537 | 28.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 47,021 | 16,634 | 35.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 18.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Labor force status | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In labor force ......................| 125,439 | 51,068 | 40.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 125,982 | 62,717 | 49.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 29.8 | 1.5 | 21.7 Employed ..........................| 115,620 | 48,512 | 42.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 117,826 | 59,734 | 50.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 31.1 | 1.5 | 22.0 Unemployed ........................| 9,820 | 2,556 | 26.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 8,155 | 2,983 | 36.6 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 11.1 | 2.3 | 17.4 Not in labor force...................| 56,361 | 8,856 | 15.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 63,562 | 13,544 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 16.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Executive, administrative, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | or managerial .....................| 14,092 | 6,949 | 49.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 13,098 | 7,313 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 42.1 | 0.4 | 23.1 Engineers, surveyors, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | architects ........................| 2,820 | 1,765 | 62.6 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 6.2 | 1,756 | 1,150 | 65.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 14.1 | 44.6 | 1.0 | 23.3 Natural scientists and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | mathematicians ....................| 1,009 | 487 | 48.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 1,743 | 1,261 | 72.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 58.6 | 0.0 | 24.8 Social scientists and workers, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | lawyers ...........................| 3,206 | 1,781 | 55.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 2,530 | 1,938 | 76.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 59.4 | 1.5 | 32.3 Teachers, elementary and secondary ..| 7,824 | 4,305 | 55.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 11.1 | 5,414 | 4,155 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 52.4 | 0.2 | 36.9 Teachers, postsecondary .............| 1,247 | 568 | 45.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 1,254 | 687 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 40.8 | 0.0 | 26.0 Physicians, dentists, veterinarians .| 1,045 | 701 | 67.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 859 | 611 | 71.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 67.1 | 0.8 | 19.0 Registered nurses, pharmacists ......| 4,692 | 2,798 | 59.6 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 2,337 | 2,026 | 86.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 71.3 | 0.2 | 33.6 Writers, artists, entertainers, and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | athletes ..........................| 3,459 | 1,485 | 42.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 1,874 | 934 | 49.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 7.7 | 23.1 | 1.5 | 30.0 Health technologists and technicians | 1,233 | 846 | 68.6 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 6.6 | 1,697 | 1,270 | 74.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 47.5 | 0.0 | 33.0 Technologists, except health ....... | 2,225 | 1,232 | 55.4 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 6.4 | 3,543 | 2,279 | 64.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 41.3 | 0.8 | 28.7 Marketing and sales occupations .....| 18,787 | 6,470 | 34.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 18,174 | 8,038 | 44.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 23.2 | 1.0 | 20.4 Administrative support, including | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | clerical ..........................| 32,321 | 9,662 | 29.9 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 22,968 | 11,867 | 51.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 9.5 | 28.9 | 0.7 | 24.7 Service occupations .................| 25,386 | 6,409 | 25.2 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 20,072 | 9,342 | 46.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 9.0 | 20.9 | 1.6 | 22.8 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing ..| 4,800 | 686 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2,336 | 616 | 26.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 0.3 | 15.6 Mechanics and repairers .............| 6,744 | 2,165 | 32.1 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 4,692 | 2,231 | 47.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 27.7 | 4.5 | 15.6 Construction and extractive | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | occupations .......................| 6,201 | 1,360 | 21.9 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 6,100 | 2,319 | 38.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 17.6 | 5.8 | 18.0 Precision production occupations ....| 3,690 | 1,152 | 31.2 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1,875 | 807 | 43.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 23.2 | 4.8 | 16.1 Production workers ..................| 14,368 | 3,029 | 21.1 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 9,483 | 2,908 | 30.7 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 14.7 | 2.8 | 10.7 Transportation, material moving .....| 5,655 | 1,173 | 20.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 5,311 | 1,507 | 28.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 0.9 | 11.9 Handler, equipment, cleaners, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | helpers, and laborers .............| 5,069 | 1,056 | 20.8 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2,456 | 617 | 25.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 9.7 Miscellaneous occupations ...........| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| ---| 2,311 | 1,308 | 56.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 35.4 | 4.0 | 22.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Annual family income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $5,000 or less ..................... | 10,227 | 1,394 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 12,638 | 2,689 | 21.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 11.8 $5,001 to $10,000 ...................| 17,277 | 3,024 | 17.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 17,560 | 4,194 | 23.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 13.2 $10,001 to $15,000 ..................| 15,465 | 3,521 | 22.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 13,523 | 3,610 | 26.7 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 14.8 $15,001 to $20,000 ..................| 16,117 | 3,525 | 21.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 13,116 | 4,176 | 31.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 1.5 | 15.8 $20,001 to $25,000 ..................| 16,092 | 4,294 | 26.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 13,812 | 4,339 | 31.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 13.3 | 1.1 | 17.0 $25,001 to $30,000 ..................| 17,973 | 5,772 | 32.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 4.5 | 16,386 | 6,208 | 37.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 17.1 | 1.3 | 19.2 $30,001 to $40,000 ..................| 26,110 | 9,288 | 35.6 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 28,628 | 12,220 | 42.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 22.1 | 1.4 | 22.0 $40,001 to $50,000 ..................| 21,303 | 9,550 | 44.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 20,446 | 9,567 | 46.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 22.4 $50,001 to $75,000 ..................| 24,540 | 11,425 | 46.6 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 29,161 | 15,169 | 52.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 32.8 | 1.0 | 23.6 More than $75,000 ...................| 16,695 | 8,130 | 48.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 24,274 | 14,089 | 58.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 37.3 | 0.8 | 26.8 _______________________________________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_________|_________|_______|______|________|________|_______|_______|_______ \1\ Adult education is defined as all education activities, except full-time enrollment in higher education credential programs. Examples of adult education activities include part-time college attendance, classes or seminars given by employers, and classes taken for adult literacy purposes, or for recreation and enjoyment. NOTE.--Data are based upon a sample survey of the civilian noninstitutional population. Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Participation in Adult Education," unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 1997.)