Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Use of the knowledge acquired in the informal education activity, by sex and highest level of studies completed by the person carrying it out. Units: activities Total Very frequently Somewhat frequently Very infrequently Never No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 10,935,940 5,556,192 3,511,080 1,118,361 455,343 294,963 First stage secondary education and lower 2,829,399 1,347,876 875,101 350,740 179,441 76,242 Intermediate-level studies 2,579,417 1,410,635 741,982 275,282 87,786 63,732 Tertiary level and university studies 5,527,123 2,797,681 1,893,997 492,340 188,116 154,989 MALES Total 5,379,302 2,909,288 1,678,050 473,444 191,889 126,631 First stage secondary education and lower 1,430,478 741,566 453,905 130,033 71,343 33,631 Intermediate-level studies 1,372,892 797,177 356,645 137,810 48,911 . Tertiary level and university studies 2,575,931 1,370,544 867,500 205,600 71,635 60,651 FEMALES Total 5,556,638 2,646,904 1,833,030 644,917 263,454 168,332 First stage secondary education and lower 1,398,921 606,309 421,196 220,706 108,099 42,611 Intermediate-level studies 1,206,525 613,458 385,337 137,472 38,875 31,383 Tertiary level and university studies 2,951,192 1,427,137 1,026,497 286,739 116,481 94,339 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