Table 2.7.11-2016 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 2.7.11 (Archive Table)

Participation in continuing education, by age groups and sex 2016
		Age from ... up to under ... years
		Total¹⁾		18 - 25		25 - 35		35 - 45		45 - 55		55 - 65		65 - 70		18 - 65		25 - 65
		Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Category	Segment of continuing education	Share (%)
Population	Total continuing education	47	48	45	46	50	51	56	51	51	54	41	46	16	25	49	50	50	51
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	36	31	23	20	39	34	46	38	45	40	33	30	5	4	39	34	41	35
	Individual vocational continuing education	5	7	8	10	6	8	8	9	4	8	3	5	2	3	5	8	5	7
	Non-vocational continuing education	10	16	20	24	10	16	9	11	6	14	11	15	11	21	10	16	9	14
Employed persons²⁾	Total continuing education	55	58	49	60	54	58	60	58	53	60	53	55	m	m	55	58	55	58
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	48	46	35	41	47	47	51	47	49	48	46	43	m	m	48	46	48	46
	Individual vocational continuing education	4	7	8	4	3	6	7	8	3	8	4	5	m	m	4	7	4	7
	Non-vocational continuing education	8	14	12	27	9	14	9	11	6	14	10	11	m	m	8	14	8	13
Unemployed persons³⁾	Total continuing education	27	32	42	39	38	41	23	30	25	28	17	29	14	22	31	34	25	33
	Continuing vocational education in enterprises	8	7	16	10	13	13	6	9	7	5	3	5	2	2	10	9	7	8
	Individual vocational continuing education	7	8	8	14	16	11	14	13	12	9	3	4	2	2	9	10	9	9
	Non-vocational continuing education	15	19	25	23	13	20	6	13	7	15	13	23	12	19	16	19	11	18