According to research, which of the following is linked to adult learning?
Answer? All of them!
Greater personal income
Individuals with a degree earn twice as much as those without any qualifications.
Greater personal income
Individuals with a degree earn twice as much as those without any qualification
Happiness and well-being
Risk of depression reduced by 15% for women adult learners
Improved confidence and self worth
Those who participate in adult learning have an 8% increase in optimism and self-worth
Superior business performance
Investors get a 52% higher return over 5 years from shares in companies that invest highly in training
Reduction in smoking
Adult learners are 14% more likely to give up smoking
Enhanced community cohesion
Taking leisure or academic courses increases adults race tolerance by between 73% and 94%
Reduced obesity
36 to 50% reduction in obesity for men with no qualifications gaining Level 1
Reduction in crime
Saving of £665m per year if proportion of adults with no qualifications was reduced by 1 percentage point
Greater take-up of health screening
116 –134 cancers prevented for every 100,000 women enrolled in adult education
Adult learning - At the heart of a healthier, wealthier, happier Wales
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