Higher and further - Education
Training - Employment and labour
The Employment Department have commissioned three studies of attitudes to individual commitment to learning. The first in the series examined individuals' attitudes to learning (SN:3305), the second was concerned with employers' attitudes to learning (SN:3445) while the third covered the providers of adult learning (SN:3446). Taken together, the three studies have been designed to produce an overall picture and explanation of attitudes to adult learning.
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| The aim of this study, the first in the series, was to increase understanding of, experience of, and attitudes towards, vocational learning; identify barriers to participation in vocational learning; examine impact which removal of barriers might have on take up of learning.
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Main Topics:
Awareness of availability and types of learning available; past/present experience of learning; attitudes to learning; perceived costs/benefits of learning; prerequisites for future participation in learning; attitudes to work; attitudes to full-time education.
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Time period:
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01 January 1993 |
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Dates of fieldwork:
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September 1993, November 1993 |
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Country:
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England
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Spatial units:
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Postcode (Sector)
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Observation units:
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Individuals
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Universe:
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National
Adults
Students
16-54 year olds living in England.
Half sample screened to boost number of learners (ie current or recent vocational learning experience). Thus:
Sample A: 16-54 year olds living in England
Sample B: 16-54 year olds living in England who have participated in vocational learning in the last four weeks and are not in full-time continuous education.
For further details see documentation.
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Time dimensions:
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Cross-sectional (one-time) study
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Sampling procedures:
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First stage: multi-stage or m-s stratified random sample
Second stage: half of first sample screened and only current/recent learners selected, other half of sample was a random selection. See documentation for further details.
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Number of units:
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1500 (target) 1405 (obtained) Sample a: 1114. Sample b: 291
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Method of data collection:
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Face-to-face interview
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Weighting:
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No information recorded
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Publications
Park, A.M., Individual commitment to learning : individuals' attitudes. Report on the quantitative survey (Employment Department Research Series No. 32) 1994.
