Queen's County

Demographics:

The Queen's County sample of 45 had 58% of the women in the age range below 40 and only 17% over 50. Two-thirds of the women were married and 55% had children at home. 40% had children in the pre-school or elementary school age range.

The educational level of these women was higher than the group as a whole with 31% having completed university and 33% with less than high school graduation.

69% of this sample were employed. 33% were on an income level of $30,000 or more with only 10% on $10,000 or less total family income.

Desired Courses:

The five most frequently checked courses were:

It should be noted at this point that the Queen's County Women's Group has been active in providing short courses and mini-series which may have covered the areas popular with the other samples.

Obstacles:

Once again "courses offered at inconvenient times" was the primary barrier to pursuing further courses. 76% of the group indicated this, whereas 71% noted a problem with their desired courses not being available in their area. Lack of information about courses; courses not available part-time; and job responsibilities were the three other factors most often mentioned. It should be noted that this part of the province does not have easy access to institutions of higher learning - yet fully 25% of the group expressed a desire to take a university course.