Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Reason for carrying out the informal education activity, by sex and employment situation of the person carrying it out at the time of the interview. Units: activities To do one's work better and/or improve professional aspirations To decrease the possibility of losing one's job To increase the possibility of getting a job or changing to another job or profession To create one's own enterprise Obligated to participate To acquire knowledge or techniques that are useful in everyday life To acquire knowledge or techniques that are useful in a subject, for personal interests To gain a certificate To meet new people, for fun For other reasons BOTH SEXES Total 5,819,369 966,517 2,165,924 374,137 872,682 4,192,671 5,767,777 2,049,666 1,102,485 376,229 Working 5,323,951 901,637 1,593,061 297,053 800,436 3,168,140 4,546,136 1,711,609 572,661 234,136 Unemployed 301,311 46,467 343,076 37,152 44,904 288,816 395,406 167,103 100,292 . Inactive 194,107 . 229,787 39,932 . 735,716 826,235 170,954 429,531 117,808 MALES Total 2,989,322 506,537 923,463 207,594 588,756 1,793,479 2,629,134 924,917 377,511 155,708 Working 2,821,585 478,188 750,627 190,423 555,936 1,555,930 2,314,746 844,657 287,640 118,936 Unemployed 110,154 . 133,209 . . 87,380 131,611 47,672 . . Inactive 57,583 . 39,627 . . 150,170 182,776 . 71,963 . FEMALES Total 2,830,047 459,980 1,242,461 166,543 283,926 2,399,192 3,138,644 1,124,749 724,974 220,521 Working 2,502,366 423,449 842,434 106,630 244,500 1,612,210 2,231,390 866,952 285,021 115,200 Unemployed 191,157 . 209,867 29,607 . 201,436 263,795 119,431 82,384 . Inactive 136,524 . 190,160 30,306 . 585,546 643,459 138,366 357,568 87,440 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) For each activity, several reasons may be checked 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