Journal article
Participation in Adult Education by the Elderly: A Multivariate Analysis and Some Implications for the Future
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Micro-data from a 1984 survey of adult education in Canada are used in the study. The data for persons 65 years of age and over are analysed using probit techniques. Prior level of education is found to be of considerable importance in determining the probabilities that elderly people will make use of adult education facilities. It is argued that future elderly population cohorts will have higher average education …
Authors
Denton FT; Pineo PC; Spencer BG
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 4–16
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
1988
DOI
10.1017/s0714980800007078
ISSN
0714-9808