1. 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)

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

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

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

19. 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

20. 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