Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Percentage values Reason for carrying out the informal education activity, by sex and nationality of the person carrying it out. Units: percentages 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 53.21 8.84 19.81 3.42 7.98 38.34 52.74 18.74 10.08 3.44 Spanish 53.62 8.20 18.13 3.26 8.01 37.46 52.73 17.69 9.72 3.48 Other nationality 47.67 17.39 42.46 . 7.57 50.13 52.94 32.92 14.91 . MALES Total 55.57 9.42 17.17 3.86 10.94 33.34 48.87 17.19 7.02 2.89 Spanish 55.74 8.38 15.56 3.74 10.99 32.63 49.31 16.27 6.52 2.90 Other nationality 53.12 24.19 40.16 . . 43.56 42.60 30.44 . . FEMALES Total 50.93 8.28 22.36 3.00 5.11 43.18 56.48 20.24 13.05 3.97 Spanish 51.56 8.03 20.63 2.80 5.10 42.19 56.06 19.08 12.85 4.04 Other nationality 42.92 11.46 44.46 . . 55.86 61.94 35.08 15.53 . 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