Chapter 1 Introduction and overview
Chapter 2 Fifteen indicators of adult education in America
Chapter 3 Conclusions and discussion
Annex A National scores and standard errors
Annex B Data sources and methodology
Annex C The American IALS Background Questionnaire
Annex D References and suggested further reading
List of figures
Figure 1 Participation in adult education and training
Figure 2 Hours of education and training per adult
Figure 3 Training rate by educational attainment
Figure 4 Training rate for women in mid career
Figure 5 Training rate for older employees
Figure 6 Training rate for the unemployed
Figure 7 Training rate by occupational category
Figure 8 Stakeholder support for training
Figure 9 Likelihood of receiving employer support for training
Figure 10 Training hours per employee in medium to large firms
Figure 11 Training desires unfulfilled
Figure 12 Reasons for not taking adult education and training
Figure 13 Training rate and earnings
Figure 14 Determinants of adult education
Figure 15 Adult education and social capital
Figure 16 Rate of participation and training volume in North America
Figure 17 Participants and non-participants in North America