Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Characteristics of the formal education activities carried out for work reasons, by sex and nationality of the persons carrying them out. Units: persons Total They carry out the activity mainly during paid working hours The employer pays part or all of the expenses of the classes, registration and exam fees. The employer pays part or all of the expenses of the books or technical study media. BOTH SEXES Total 755,170 111,014 233,616 198,991 First stage secondary education and lower 71,516 . . . Intermediate-level studies 148,391 . 30,806 . Tertiary level and university studies 535,262 83,107 183,307 155,608 MALES Total 359,380 65,554 137,663 121,509 First stage secondary education and lower 46,381 . . . Intermediate-level studies 70,785 . . . Tertiary level and university studies 242,214 44,871 99,867 86,083 FEMALES Total 395,789 45,460 95,953 77,483 First stage secondary education and lower . . . . Intermediate-level studies 77,606 . . . Tertiary level and university studies 293,049 38,236 83,440 69,525 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 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