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Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi; Harrington, Katherine – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
Participation in adult education and training (AET) programs is increasingly important for people of all ages and is necessary to remain competitive in a world experiencing rapid technological advances. Lifelong learning activities are especially important for middle-aged and older adults who intend to work at older ages to ensure they have the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Participation, Adults, Lifelong Learning
Trela, James; Hewitt, Christopher – 1986
While research has examined how age-related factors structure the probability of experiencing a particular event or suffering a particular kind of injury, one issue which has not been empirically addressed is the age structure of victimization from terrorist activity and civil strife. To explore the relationship between age and terrorist…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Death, Foreign Countries
De Leo, Diego; And Others – 1987
Attitudes about suicide were examined among older adults in Padua, Italy and were compared to attitudes of younger subjects. Elderly subjects (N=246) consisted of 122 adults living in residential homes, 73 medical inpatients of a geriatric hospital, and 51 depressed inpatients with primary affective disorders. Younger subjects (N=263) consisted of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, College Freshmen