1 Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education
2 Tertiary education
3 All levels of education
Gender
0 Total
1 Women
2 Men
Age
0 Total: All age groups
1 25-64 years
2 25-29 years
3 25-34 years
4 35-44 years
5 45-54 years
6 55-64 years
7 30-39 years
8 40-64 years
Category
00 Participant
01 Adult
02 Level (0/1)
03 Level (2)
04 Level (3)
05 Level (4/5)
06 Total
07 Total
08 Employed
09 Unemployed
0a Inactive
0b Participation in formal education only
0c Participation in non-formal education only
0d Participation in both formal and non-formal education
0e No participation
0f Did not have the prerequisites
0g Too expensive
0h Lack of employer’s support
0i Too busy at work
0j The course or programme was offered at an inconvenient time or place
0k Childcare or family responsibilities
0l Something unexpected came up that prevented me from taking education or training
0m Other
0n Participated in formal and/or non-formal education and want to participate more
0o Participated in formal and/or non-formal education but did not want to participate
0p Did not participate in formal and/or non-formal education but wanted to participate
0q Did not participate in formal and/or non-formal education and do not want to participate
0r People with children under 13 in the household
0s People without children under 13 in the household
0t Employed people with children under 13 in the household
0u Employed people without children under 13 in the household
0v Unemployed people with children under 13 in the household
0w Unemployed people without children under 13 in the household
0x Inactive people with children under 13 in the household
0y Inactive people without children under 13 in the household
0z People who volunteer at least once a month
10 People who do not volunteer at least once a month
11 Employed people who volunteer at least once a month
12 Employed people who do not volunteer at least once a month
13 Unemployed people who volunteer at least once a month
14 Unemployed people who do not volunteer at least once a month
15 Inactive people who volunteer at least once a month
16 Inactive people who do not volunteer at least once a month
17 People with children under 13 in the household who volunteer at least once a month
18 People with children under 13 in the household who do not volunteer at least once a month
19 People without children under 13 in the household who volunteer at least once a month
1a People without children under 13 in the household who do not volunteer at least once a month
1b Foreign-born adults arrived in the country at 26 or older
1c Native-born adults and foreign-born adults who arrived in the country by the age of 25
1d Employed foreign-born adults arrived in the country at 26 or older
1e Employed native-born adults and foreign-born adults who arrived in the country by the age of 25
1f Unemployed foreign-born adults arrived in the country at 26 or older
1g Unemployed native-born adults and foreign-born adults who arrived in the country by the age of 25
1h Inactive foreign-born adults arrived in the country at 26 or older
1i Inactive native-born adults and foreign-born adults who arrived in the country by the age of 25
1j Job-related and sponsored by the employer
1k Job-related and not sponsored by the employer
1l Not job-related
1m No response
1n Percentage of the population that participate in formal and/or non-formal education
1o Enterprises of 1-9 employed persons
1p Enterprises of 10-49 employed persons
1q Enterprises of 50-249 employed persons
1r Enterprises of over 249 employed persons
1s Public sector
1t Private sector
1u Unemployed or inactive
1v Number of participants (in thousands) in the second quarter on the year
1w Relative change between 2019 and 2020 (per cent)
1x Generic programmes and qualifications
1y Education
1z Arts and humanities
20 Social sciences, journalism and information
21 Business, administration and law
22 Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
23 Information and Communication Technologies
24 Engineering, manufacturing and construction
25 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
26 Health and welfare
27 Services
28 Personal reasons
29 Health or age reasons
2a No suitable offer for education or training
2b Schedule
Indicator
0 Participation in formal and/or non-formal education, by literacy proficiency level
1 Average number of hours spent in non-formal education
2 Participation rate in non-formal education
3 Participation in formal and/or non-formal education
4 Reasons preventing participation in (more) formal and/or non-formal education
5 Willingness to participate in formal and/or non-formal education
6 Participation in formal and/or non-formal education and training, by gender, age group and educational attainment
7 Participation in formal education and training, by gender, age group and educational attainment
8 Participation in non-formal education and training, by gender, age group and educational attainment
9 Distribution of non-formal education and training activities, by gender, age group and educational attainment
a Participation in at least one job-related non-formal education and training, by gender, age group and educational attainment
b Participation in at least one non-job-related non-formal education and training, by gender, age group and educational attainment
c Participation in distance learning among adults participating in non-formal education and training, by gender and age group and educational attainment
d Enrolment rate in formal education, by age group, and distribution by level of education
e Percentage of employed adults participating in non-formal education and training, by size of enterprise and economic sector
f Percentage of employed adults participating in job-related non-formal education and training sponsored by the employer, by size of entreprise and economic sector
g Percentage of employed adults participating in NOT job-related non-formal education and training sponsored by the employer, by size of entreprise and economic sector
h Percentage of employed adults participating in job-related non-formal education and training NOT sponsored by the employer, by size of entreprise and economic sector
i Percentage of employed adults participating in NOT job-related non-formal education and training NOT sponsored by the employer, by size of entreprise and economic sector
j Annual hours of participation in education and training, by educational attainment and type of training
k Training costs per participant in equivalent USD converted using PPP for GDP
l Training costs as a share of total labour costs
m Share of enterprises providing courses and/or other forms of continuing vocational training
n Share of enterprises providing courses
o Share of enterprises providing other forms of continuing vocational training
p Participants in formal and/or non-formal education and training
q Distribution of fields of study selected among non-formal education participants
r Reasons preventing participation in (more) formal and/or non-formal education
Adult education and learning
methods, notes and classification
Explanatory Notes 
Variables