Informal learning participation Data dictionary

Proportion of people with disability who report having participated in an informal learning activity in the last 12 months

2024

2024

People aged 18 and over with disability¹

Number of respondents (weighted) who answered ‘Yes’ to ‘In the last 12 months, have you participated in any informal learning activities?’²

Number of respondents (weighted) who answered ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to ‘In the last 12 months, have you participated in any informal learning activities?’²

Number of respondents (weighted) who answered ‘Yes’ to ‘In the last 12 months, have you participated in any informal learning activities?’ divided by the number of respondents (weighted) who answered ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the same question^2,3.

Expressed as a percentage.

100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

1. For the purposes of this measure, people with disability are those who were identified to have disability based on a version of the ABS Short Disability Module, and who also self-identified as having a disability. The survey question that the measure is based on was only asked of this group of people.
2. Additional instruction given to survey respondents to interpret the question was: ‘informal learning can include learning hobbies or crafts, learning from YouTube, or on the job training (but not part of a structured course)’.
3. People with disability who skipped the question or responded ‘Not sure’ or ‘Prefer not to answer’ were excluded from the calculation.