Percentage of 16- to 65-year-olds enrolling in formal or nonformal programs during the past year, by sex, age group, and high/low income quartile

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Indicator

Percentage of 16- to 65-year-olds enrolling in formal or nonformal programs during the past year, by sex, age group, and high/low income quartile
Organisation

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012
Unit of measure

Percentage
Data sources

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012 - http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/ideuspiaac/
Data providers

Tom Snyder
Comment and limitations

Data subject to sampling errors.
Method of computation

Percentage of 16- to 65-year-olds enrolling in formal or nonformal programs during the past year based on data collected through PIAAC. Data are based on weighted percentage of respondents in the survey. Standard errors available upon request.
Actual indicator available - description

The first round of data collection in the United States (officially known as the U.S. PIAAC Main Study) was conducted from August 2011 through April 2012 with a nationally representative household sample of 5,000 adults between the ages of 16 and 65.

Variable name Variable label
i4_3_1formal_total Percentage participating in formal education, total
i4_3_1formal_male Percentage participating in formal education, males
i4_3_1formal_female Percentage participating in formal education, females
i4_3_1formal_24 Percentage participating in formal education, less than age 25
i4_3_1formal_34 Percentage participating in formal education, 25 to 34
i4_3_1formal_44 Percentage participating in formal education, 35 to 44
i4_3_1formal_54 Percentage participating in formal education, 45 to 54
i4_3_1formal_65 Percentage participating in formal education, 55 to 65
i4_3_1formal_lowquartile Percentage participating in formal education, lowest income quartile
i4_3_1formal_midquartiles Percentage participating in formal education, middle two income quartiles
i4_3_1formal_highquartile Percentage participating in formal education, high income quartile
i4_3_1nonformal_total Percentage participating in nonformal education, total
i4_3_1nonformal_male Percentage participating in nonformal education, males
i4_3_1nonformal_female Percentage participating in nonformal education, females
i4_3_1nonformal_24 Percentage participating in nonformal education, less than age 25
i4_3_1nonformal_34 Percentage participating in nonformal education, 25 to 34
i4_3_1nonformal_44 Percentage participating in nonformal education, 35 to 44
i4_3_1nonformal_54 Percentage participating in nonformal education, 45 to 54
i4_3_1nonformal_65 Percentage participating in nonformal education, 55 to 65
i4_3_1nonformal_lowquartile Percentage participating in nonformal education, lowest income quartile
i4_3_1nonformal_midquartiles Percentage participating in nonformal education, middle two income quartiles
i4_3_1nonformal_highquartile Percentage participating in nonformal education, high income quartile
Date of national source publication

10/2013
Periodicity

Periodic
Scheduled update by national source

Unknown
Date metadata updated

11/2016
Disaggregation geography

National
Disaggregation categories

Sex, age group, income level
International and national references

http://piaacgateway.com/
Time period

2012

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 4.3.1: Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex
Target

Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
Organisation

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Definition and concepts

Definition:

The percentage of youth and adults in a given age range (15-24 years, 25-54 years, 55-64 years, 15-64 years) participating in formal or non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months.

Concepts:

Formal education and training is defined as education provided by the system of schools, colleges, universities and other formal educational institutions that normally constitutes a continuous ‘ladder’ of full-time education for children and young people, generally beginning at the age of 5 to 7 and continuing to up to 20 or 25 years old. In some countries, the upper parts of this ‘ladder’ are organized programmes of joint part-time employment and part-time participation in the regular school and university system.

Non-formal education and training is defined as any organized and sustained learning activities that do not correspond exactly to the above definition of formal education. Non-formal education may therefore take place both within and outside educational institutions and cater to people of all ages. Depending on national contexts, it may cover educational programmes to impart adult literacy, life-skills, work-skills, and general culture.
Unit of measure

Percent (%)

Data sources

The SDG 4.3.1 indicator is calculated by the UIS based on the household-based survey data compiled by the Department of Statistics of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which maintains a global database on national Labour Force Surveys or other relevant household surveys that cover labour market.
Data providers

Ministries of Education and /or National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
Comment and limitations

Formal and non-formal education and training can be offered in a variety of settings including schools and universities, workplace environments and others and can have a variety of durations. Administrative data often capture only provision in formal settings such as schools and universities. Participation rates do not capture the intensity or quality of the provision nor the outcomes of the education and training on offer.
Method of computation

The number of people in selected age groups participating in formal or non-formal education or training is expressed as a percentage of the population of the same age.

P R A G i =   E A G i P A G i

where:

PRAGi = participation rate of the population in age group i in formal and non-formal education and training

EAGi = enrolment of the population in age group i in formal and non-formal education and training

PAGi = population in age group i

i = 15-24, 25-54 years, 55-64 years, 15-64 years
Metadata update

2024-07-29
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Related indicators

1.4, 4.4, 4.5, 5.b, 8.5, 9.2
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