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Gender, Family, Work and School: Demographic and Other Deterrents to Adult Participation

Naveen Malhotra
Eckerd College, USA.
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DOI icon 10.24018/ejedu.2022.3.4.423

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Submitted 2022-07-25
Published 2022-08-27

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Using the results of a larger study utilizing Cross's (1981) three-part formulation of the 24-item barrier scale devised by Carp, Peterson, and Roelfs (1974), this paper presents demographic differences in the perception of barriers to adult higher education. The scale items were tested with a population of prospective students at public institutions of higher learning, and the resulting six factors were compared against demographic categories of gender, marital status, a number of dependent children, income, and hours of work per week.

Keywords: Adult Education, Demographic Variables, Participation, Warrior.

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