TABLES 13 and 14 also differentiate between job-related courses and courses in academic or personal interest areas. Together, the TABLES show:

• Women, particularly those in the labor force, enroll in fewer job-related courses than do men. This may be explained, in part, by the finding that 56% of men's job-related courses, but only 44% of women's, were paid for by employers.

This disparity is smaller among white collar workers and largest among blue collar workers where employers paid for 59% of men's job-related courses but for only 36% of women's.

• However, women who are not in the labor force take more job-related courses than do men who are not in the labor force.
  
  
• Regardless of whether they are in the labor force, women take more academic and personal interest courses than do their male counterparts. This may indicate a willingness on the part of women who are not employed, to prepare for future re-entry.

Unfortunately, no comparable data exists by which to determine trends in adult education over the Decade for Women.

* Devereaux, M.S. One In Every Five, 1985.