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Survey on the Involvement of the Adult Population in Learning Activities. 2016

Survey on the Involvement of the Adult Population in Learning Activities. Año 2016. 47.7% of persons aged 18 to 65 years old have undertaken a training activity in the last year. Aside from mother tongues, the most widely spoken languages are English (42.5%), French (15.6%) and German (3.2%).

Training and learning of the adult population (18 to 64 years) - Definitivos 2016
Indicator Note Value Variation
Persons who carry out educational activities 47.7 6.6
Persons who can use English as a non-mother tongue 40.3 4.8
Persons with a university degree 25.5 5.0
  • Valor en porcentaje. Variación: diferencia respecto a la tasa del año 2011. En 2011, la población adulta investigada fue de 18 a 65 años
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Definitivos 2016 Published: 21/03/2018
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The Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities is the implantation in Spain of the European project, Adult Education Survey, coordinated by Eurostat.

The objective of this survey is to ascertain the training and learning activities carried out by the adult population (lifelong learning).

The survey provides national results and results by Autonomous Community, with tables regarding: participation in learning activities, difficulties, the search for information on learning possibilities, linguistic knowledge and highest educational level attained.