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ANNEX C - O bstacles to learning and reasons for not learning
Table C.1 Obstacles to learning and reasons for not learning by learning status*
| Learners | Non-learners | Total |
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Would like to have learned more | Would not have liked to have learned more | Total for learners | Would like to have learned | Would not have liked to have learned | Total for non-learners | |
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% | % | % | % | % | % | % |
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Prefer to spend time doing other things | 23 | 38 | 30 | 24 | 49 | 38 | 32 |
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Not interested in learning | 5 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 12 |
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Do not need to learn for my work | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
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Do not see any point in education | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 3 |
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Lack of time due to work | 51 | 49 | 50 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 45 |
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Lack of time due to family | 35 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 43 | 34 | 31 |
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Hard to get time off work to learn | 23 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
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Lack of time due to children | 21 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
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Lack of time because care for an adult | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 7 |
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Hard to pay course fees | 31 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 24 | 22 |
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Would only do learning if someone paid fees | 15 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 12 |
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Benefits would be cut if did course | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
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Does not know about local learning opportunities | 20 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 20 | 24 | 16 |
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Cannot find local opportunities to learn | 21 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 18 | 14 |
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Does not know where to find out about course | 11 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
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Unsure which courses would be interesting/useful | 19 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 15 |
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Unable to find the training wanted | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 |
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Nervous about going back to classroom | 16 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 15 |
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Does not have quals to get onto course | 18 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 13 | 20 | 14 |
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Worried about keeping up with course | 16 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
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Difficulties reading and writing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
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Difficulties with English | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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Problems with numbers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Too old to learn | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 9 |
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Problem arranging transport to course | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 9 |
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Course difficult due to health/ disability | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
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Employer would not support learning | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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None apply | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
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Weighted base | 360 | 330 | 693 | 66 | 82 | 148 | 841 |
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Unweighted base | 337 | 319 | 657 | 80 | 97 | 177 | 834 |
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Base: all respondents aged 16-69
*Percentages sum to more than 100 because respondents could mention more than one factor
Note: Category 'would like to have learned' includes respondents who indicated that they 'maybe' or 'definitely' would like to have done some learning/further learning in the past 12 months.
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