National needs for AES Purpose - describe participation in learning during a 12 months period. The main parameters are; Participation rates in different types of learning/Rate of persons not participating in learning. Average instruction hours (Formal/Non-formal/employer sponsored training)

National needs for AES Share of adult persons by obstacles for learning Comparison between four groups; Participators Willing to participate Not willing to participate Persons who didn’t participate

Infrastructure for Adult education in Sweden AES every fifth year – All types of learning Register over participation in formal education annually Participation in staff training annually – subsample to LFS CVTS every fifth year

Time schedule SW AES Activity Dates Developing questionnaire Feb – Aug 05 Seminar for interviewers Sep 05 Testing CAPI Aug – Sep 05 Sample selection Collection of data Oct – Feb 06 Postcoding Dec – Mar 06

Time schedule SW AES Activity Dates Editing of data Mar 06 Estimation strategy Apr 06 Checking estimates May – June 06 Tables to Eurostat June 06 Delivery to Eurostat Aug 06

Activity Dates Time schedule SW AES Publishing results Sep – Dec 06 Quality report Oct – Dec 06

Survey design Questionnaire - Tested by Statistics Sweden’s measurement laboratory - Tests resulted in a shortened questionnaire - Modules on attitudes not covered

Survey design Sampling design - Stratified random sample - Stratification variables age, sex and level of education - Sample size 5 000 individuals

Survey design Contacting the selected individuals 1. Contacted by mail (information letter) 2. Then contacted by phone 3. The AES interview is conducted

Survey design Data collection mode Target; at least 75% CAPI Mix of computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI) and computer aided telephone interviews (CATI) Target; at least 75% CAPI Follow-ups by phone during February 2006

Survey design Estimation and dealing with non-response Expected response rate appr. 70% Reweighting to compensate for unit non-response

Implementation of AES Response rates until 19th of January Response code Proportion of sample Telephoneinterviews Interviews 58 35 Known Non-response 16 Without response code 26

Implementation of AES Mode of data collection Average interviewing time CAPI 35 CATI 25 Totally 30

Implementation of AES Number of Non-formal activities Average inter-viewing time 21 1 28 2 32 3 – 4 34 5 – 6 37 7 – 8 44 More than 8 61

Implementation of AES Number of Non-formal activities Proportion of responses 29 1 19 2 16 3 – 4 20 5 – 6 9 7 – 8 4 More than 8 3

Implementation of AES No signs of underreporting of learning activities in AES Compared to LLL module 2003 much more NF activities on average Compared to Swedish staff training survey 2003 a bit higher participation rate in employer sponsored training

Data processing Checking of responses – interview Automatic skips – Minor errors were corrected after starting interviewing Once a month during the collection of data – checking of frequencies No signs of problems getting responses for second and third NF activity

Main problems in AES Recollection problems 12 months reference period Problems remembering short learning events Respondents can prepare for the interview

Main problems in AES Formal, non-formal or informal? Training of interviewers Questionnaire design Definitions of F,NF and INF Avoid reporting of incidental learning

Main problems in AES Coding Post coded by staff at Statistics Sweden Detailed information from respondents Computer assisted coding system ISCED not adjusted for NF/INF activities