Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Participation in education activities, by sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons Total Participate in Educational activities Participate in Formal Education activities Participate in Informal Education activities BOTH SEXES Total 29,238,135 8,180,893 1,544,506 7,216,771 First stage secondary education and lower 15,728,355 2,342,004 242,162 2,163,889 Intermediate-level studies 5,726,079 1,976,793 362,583 1,725,212 Tertiary level and university studies 7,783,701 3,862,095 939,760 3,327,669 MALES Total 14,593,072 4,047,516 714,647 3,596,271 First stage secondary education and lower 7,756,598 1,200,394 106,751 1,122,863 Intermediate-level studies 2,987,841 1,017,830 175,872 897,716 Tertiary level and university studies 3,848,633 1,829,291 432,024 1,575,692 FEMALES Total 14,645,063 4,133,378 829,859 3,620,500 First stage secondary education and lower 7,971,757 1,141,610 135,411 1,041,026 Intermediate-level studies 2,738,238 958,963 186,712 827,496 Tertiary level and university studies 3,935,068 2,032,804 507,736 1,751,977 Notes: 1) The Intermediate-level studies category is comprised of: Post-Secondary Education, intermediate-level technical-professional education. Data referring to the 12 months prior to the date of the survey. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute