Survey dataset regarding adults’ professional development and the transfer of its results into practice in Latvia

It includes a description of the research methodology (the survey questionnaire with a codebook, sampling procedure description, weighting procedure description, and fieldwork description) and respondents’ answers reflecting adults’ motivation, behavioural patterns, habits, and opportunities in choosing professional competence development and applying it in practice, as well as factors hindering participation in professional development activities.

The survey was conducted by TNS Latvia (Kantar) Ltd. on behalf of the University of Latvia within the State Research Programme “Education” project “Elaboration of evidence-based solutions for effective professional competence development of adults and assessment of the transfer of its results into practice in Latvia” (No. VPP-IZM-Izglītība-2023/4-0001). The aim of the research was to investigate adults’ motivation, behaviour, habits, and opportunities in selecting and transferring professional competence development into practice in order to assess the current situation in the field of adults’ professional development in Latvia.