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Statistics Finland has conducted five surveys concerning participation in adult education. The data for the first survey were collected in 1980. Since 1990 the survey has been conducted at about five-year intervals.
Adult education surveys study participation in education, as well as learning and skills among the adult population. In addition, they produce data about people’s opinions and experiences of adult education, their willingness and need to participate in it, and obstacles to and preconditions for it.
The population of the survey has been the resident adult population of Finland, defined in each survey as all persons aged 18 to 64 and living permanently in Finland. The data from the survey are based on face-to-face interviewing of a sample of approximately 5,000 people.
The surveys have been joint projects with the Ministry of Education, which has also provided most of the funding for them. In addition, the 2006 survey is part of a European co-operative project co-ordinated by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat).
The adult education survey provides information about participation of adult population in general and vocational adult education and changes in the participation since 1980. It also gives information about the population's willingness to, need for, obstacles to participation in education and views on education.
Adult education is described by its organisers, contents, scope and perceived effects. Data on specific, additional topics, such as information technology or foreign language skills and diverse everyday learning environments have also been collected on each survey round. Since the 1990 data collection, the produced information has included large volumes of data describing the working lives and work histories of the adult population.
The collected basic data are confidential.
Age, sex, level of education, socio-economic group, province, region, municipality group.
Collection of data has been made as personal interviews.
The Adult Education Survey 2006 is Statistics Finland's fifth Adult Education Survey covering the whole adult population. The first one was carried out in 1980, and since 1990 the survey has been conducted at five-year intervals. The data for the next adult education survey will be collected in 2012, integrated into a corresponding survey concerning studying and learning among the adult population in the Member States of the European Union.
Results for the Adult Education Survey 2006 will be published during 2008.
Data are from the years 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2006.
adult education, computers, education, employer sponsored training, formal education, ICT, information technology, job or occupation-related adult education, language skills, non-formal education, self-directed studies, vocational adult education, vocational education
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The sample of the 2006 survey will comprise approximately 6,800 persons. Depending on specific research requirements, the upper age limit of the population has sometimes been raised; for example up to 79 in the 2000 survey.
Last updated 17.11.2011
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