Who likes to learn new things: measuring adult motivation to learn with PIAAC data from 21 countries

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Table 2 Descriptive statistics by countries using sampling weights

Country	N	Female (%)	Level of education (%)			Age group (%)			Participation rates in NFE (%)
			High	Medium	Low	16–29	30–49	50–65	NFE	NFE–JR	NFE–NJR
Australia	7430	50	33	39	28	30	42	29	55.97	50.61	5.36
Austria	5130	50	17	60	23	26	44	31	55.82	47.87	7.96
Canada	26683	50	46	39	15	27	41	33	60.96	50.60	8.01
Czech Republic	6102	50	18	67	16	25	43	32	53.42	47.33	6.10
Denmark	7328	50	34	40	26	26	42	32	67.94	61.87	6.02
England/N. Ireland (UK)	8892	50	36	40	24	29	42	29	56.70	52.04	4.65
Estonia	7632	52	37	45	18	28	41	30	57.14	47.84	9.29
Finland	5464	50	36	44	20	26	39	35	72.38	63.15	9.23
France	6993	51	27	45	28	27	42	32	40.26	37.54	2.72
Germany	5465	50	30	53	17	25	44	31	58.76	52.79	5.97
Ireland	5983	51	32	40	28	28	47	26	49.63	43.90	5.73
Italy	4621	50	12	34	54	23	47	30	26.36	24.09	2.27
Japan	5278	50	42	44	15	23	44	33	44.06	38.96	5.10
Korea	6667	50	35	43	22	26	46	28	53.34	42.25	11.09
Netherlands	5169	50	31	38	31	26	42	32	66.29	60.08	6.21
Norway	5128	49	35	38	27	27	43	30	67.97	61.84	5.96
Poland	9366	51	26	59	15	30	39	31	37.95	33.74	4.21
Slovak Republic	5723	50	19	60	21	29	42	29	36.21	33.75	2.45
Spain	6055	50	29	23	47	21	48	30	48.43	40.66	7.74
Sweden	4469	49	28	48	24	28	41	32	70.43	60.60	9.83
United States	5010	51	36	50	15	29	41	30	59.02	52.74	6.28
OECD total/average	150588	50	30	45	24	27	43	31	54.24	47.82	6.29

NFE non-formal education, NFE–JR job-related non-formal education, NFE–NJR non-job-related non-formal education