Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Participation in informal education activities, by type of attendance (classroom or distance-learning), by sex and highest level of studies completed by the person carrying them out. Units: activities Total Activity carried out off site Activity carried out on site No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 10,935,940 1,176,384 9,727,992 . First stage secondary education and lower 2,829,399 149,243 2,671,780 . Intermediate-level studies 2,579,417 253,132 2,323,230 . Tertiary level and university studies 5,527,123 774,009 4,732,982 . MALES Total 5,379,302 536,526 4,830,566 . First stage secondary education and lower 1,430,478 99,584 1,329,733 . Intermediate-level studies 1,372,892 138,543 1,233,068 . Tertiary level and university studies 2,575,931 298,399 2,267,765 . FEMALES Total 5,556,638 639,858 4,897,426 . First stage secondary education and lower 1,398,921 49,659 1,342,048 . Intermediate-level studies 1,206,525 114,589 1,090,162 . Tertiary level and university studies 2,951,192 475,609 2,465,217 . 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