Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample

This article examines the participation of Spanish older people in formal, non-formal and informal learning activities and presents a profile of participants in each kind of learning activity. We used data from a nationally representative sample of Spanish people between 60 and 75 years old (n = 4,7...

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Autores: Villar Posada, Feliciano, Celdrán, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/64084
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Palabra clave:Persones grans
Espanya
Adult education
Educació d'adults
Educació permanent
Continuing education
Older people
Spain
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spelling Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sampleVillar Posada, FelicianoCeldrán, MontserratPersones gransEspanyaAdult educationEducació d'adultsEducació permanentContinuing educationOlder peopleSpainThis article examines the participation of Spanish older people in formal, non-formal and informal learning activities and presents a profile of participants in each kind of learning activity. We used data from a nationally representative sample of Spanish people between 60 and 75 years old (n = 4,703). The data were extracted from the 2007 Encuesta sobre la Participación de la Población Adulta en Actividades de Aprendizaje (EADA, Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities). Overall, only 22.8 % of the sample participated in a learning activity. However, there was wide variation in the participation rates for the different types of activity. Informal activities were far more common than formal ones. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that education level and involvement in social and cultural activities were associated with likelihood of participating, regardless of the type of learning activity. When these variables were taken into account, age did not predict decreasing participation, at least in non-formal and informal activities. Implications for further research, future trends and policies to promote older adult education are discussed.Springer Verlag2013info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/64084Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-012-0257-1European Journal of Ageing, 2013, vol. 10, num. 2, p. 135-144http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-012-0257-1(c) Springer Verlag, 2013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/640842026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
title Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
spellingShingle Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
Villar Posada, Feliciano
Persones grans
Espanya
Adult education
Educació d'adults
Educació permanent
Continuing education
Older people
Spain
title_short Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
title_full Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
title_fullStr Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
title_full_unstemmed Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
title_sort Learning in later life: participation in formal, non-formal and informal activities in a nationally representative Spanish sample
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Villar Posada, Feliciano
Celdrán, Montserrat
author Villar Posada, Feliciano
author_facet Villar Posada, Feliciano
Celdrán, Montserrat
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author2 Celdrán, Montserrat
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Persones grans
Espanya
Adult education
Educació d'adults
Educació permanent
Continuing education
Older people
Spain
topic Persones grans
Espanya
Adult education
Educació d'adults
Educació permanent
Continuing education
Older people
Spain
description This article examines the participation of Spanish older people in formal, non-formal and informal learning activities and presents a profile of participants in each kind of learning activity. We used data from a nationally representative sample of Spanish people between 60 and 75 years old (n = 4,703). The data were extracted from the 2007 Encuesta sobre la Participación de la Población Adulta en Actividades de Aprendizaje (EADA, Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities). Overall, only 22.8 % of the sample participated in a learning activity. However, there was wide variation in the participation rates for the different types of activity. Informal activities were far more common than formal ones. Multivariate logistic regression indicated that education level and involvement in social and cultural activities were associated with likelihood of participating, regardless of the type of learning activity. When these variables were taken into account, age did not predict decreasing participation, at least in non-formal and informal activities. Implications for further research, future trends and policies to promote older adult education are discussed.
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