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Indicator: Learning participation C3
Percentage doing no learning in the past 3 years: 1997, 2001, 2002  
Indicator Chart
Change since
dots 1970
dots 1990
curvey 1997

Coverage: England and Wales

Source: DfES

Objective: To become a learning society - in a rapidly changing world people need the skills to adapt, and opportunities to update them throughout their lives
  • In the 2002 National Adult Learning Survey, 24 per cent of respondents had done no learning in the previous 3 years. In 1997, the figure was 26 per cent.
  • Although non-participation rates decreased by 8 percentage points for retirees over this period, non-participation rates were the same as those in 1997 for younger respondents (those aged 16-29), the long-term sick and the unemployed.
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