Lebensverläufe im Längsschnitt. Der Beitrag des Nationalen Bildungspanels für ein Monitoring des Lernens im Erwachsenenalter

The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) reflects upon adult learning from the perspective of a life profile. The article describes the system and methodological approach of the NEPS with a special focus on the group of adults. The education and employment history as well as the consequent competence development of the adult working age population is analyzed. Overall, 60,000 people are surveyed in the NEPS including more than 11,000 adults. First data is already available to the expert public and can be analyzed with regard to the determinants of participation in continuing education or the timing of continuing education in life. The data also provides a base for studies on the dissemination of different forms of continuing education, the participation structure as well as programme contents and quality.