Adult Education Survey (AES 2016 - Germany)

Educational activities in the course of life. Access to information on learning and training opportunities.

1. Job-related information;
2. Characteristics of the main professional activity;
3. Educational background: attendance of regular courses of study: a) school education, b) vocational training;
4. Participation in various forms of learning in the last 12 months: Formal Education (FED);
5. Non-formal Education (NFE);
6. Information on selected continuing education activities;
7. (Further) education barriers;
8. Access to (further) education;
9. Informal learning (INF);
10. Social participation as a learning opportunity;
11. Foreign language skills.

Demography: sex; age (year of birth, month of birth, age open and grouped); first language learned in childhood (mother tongue); mother tongue(s) if bilingual; German nationality; migration background; other nationality; born in Germany; other country of birth; continuous in Germany; number of years in Germany; age when moving to Germany; household type; living together with a partner; age of partner; marital status; children; total number of children; number and age of children in the household; children under 5 years in the household; children from 6 to 14 years in the household; other persons in the household; age group of other persons in the household (household size and household composition); net household income; satisfaction with household income; information on parents: born in Germany; country of birth of parents (migration background); school education and professional or academic education.

Additionally coded: ID (respondent and courses); city size (BIK); west-east; weighting factors and raising factors.