The findings reported here offer some support to the conceptualization of education as an integrated lifelong process with adult education forming one aspect of that process. Factors influencing participation are discussed, with importance given to educational background, both of the individual and of his family, as an influence. (Author/JB)

Educational variables and participation in adult education were examined in terms of the following hypotheses: (1) a higher level of achievement in the sequential-unit system will be associated with greater participation in the complementary-functional system; (2) a higher level of achievement within the family-educational system will be…