ERIC Number: ED629581
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr-23
Pages: 22
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Reexamining Adult Education and Training Participation by Education, Literacy, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States
Punksungka, Wonmai; Yamashita, Takashi; Helsinger, Abigail; Kramer, Jenna; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Karam, Rita T.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA and Virtual, Apr 21-26, 2022)
The research team examined the associations between adult education and training (AET) participation, educational attainment, literacy skills, gender, race, and ethnicity among the U.S. adult population aged 25- to 65-years old (n = 5,450). As more women and racial/ethnic minorities make educational and economic advancements, it is important to re-examine AET participation by gender, race, and ethnicity. We analyzed the 2012/2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) public-use file and used binary logistic regression to examine the relationship between any, formal, and non-formal AET participation and education, literacy, gender, race, and ethnicity. Generally, education and literacy were consistently associated with all types of AET. Also, there were variations in AET participation by gender, race, and ethnicity.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correlation, Literacy, Gender Differences, Race, Ethnicity, Adults, Educational Attainment, Older Adults, Minority Groups, Informal Education, Educational Background, Participant Characteristics
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
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