Adult Education Survey

The Adult Education Survey (AES) is a sample survey covering the population living in private households in Luxembourg between 25 and 64 years.

The Adult Education Survey is conducted in parallel in all countries of the European Union and therefore provides comparable data for all countries.

The objective of the survey is to collect information on public participation in life long learning. The survey aims to determine the rate of public participation in formal and non-formal education as well as in informal learning according to the type of respondents and the type of training.

The survey results will be disseminated through various STATEC publications (Bulletin, Regards, ...). The results will also be published by Eurostat.

Procedure

The survey will be conducted among a representative sample of the population in the first half of 2012 and will cover the previous year.

Legal framework

The Adult Education Survey is a community survey in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 April 2008 and Regulation (EC) No 823/2010 of the Commission of 17 September 2010. Questionnaire responses provided by individuals are covered by statistical confidentiality guaranteed by Article 16 of the Law of 10 July 2011 on the organisation of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies and the Law of 2 August 2002 regulating the use of personal data in data processing.