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The relationship between adult learning and wellbeing
— evidence from the 1958 National Child Development Study | | Author(s) | Kathryn Duckworth, Olga Cara |
| Corporate Author | Institute of Education, University of London; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - BIS |
| Publisher | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - BIS, London, November 2012 |
| Pages | 48 pp (BIS Research paper, no 94) |
| Source | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-relationshi... |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Participation ; Well being ; Quantitative studies ; England. |
| Annotation | Previous research shows that lifelong learning yields significant wider benefits for individuals, including their health and well-being. The authors use the most recent waves of longitudinal data from the 1958 National Child Development Study to examine patterns of participation in different forms of lifelong learning, the characteristics of learners, and whether qualifications were gained and at what level. The data from this cohort study enable the effects of lifelong learning on individual well-being and health to estimated by examining the contribution of learning in one period on outcomes in the next. The authors also modelled the effect of participation in different types of lifelong learning on individual well-being and health-related outcomes. In particular, they looked at life-satisfaction, self-efficacy, depression, smoking, alcohol consumption and exercising. Consistent with previous literature on the wider benefits of lifelong learning, the findings show that it is those who already have good levels of education who engage in adult education. Much of participation in lifelong learning then is for the sake of learning itself, rather than for progression or up-skilling. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130308006 E |
| Classmark | GP: TMB: D:F:5HH: 3DQ: 82 |
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