Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Obstacles and access to information on learning. Absolute values Persons, by intention of learning, sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons Total Has the intention of learning or continuing to learn Has participated in some educational activity, but does not want to participate in any more Has not participated, nor wishes to participate, in educational activities No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 29,238,135 4,467,331 5,937,536 18,524,518 . First stage secondary education and lower 15,728,355 1,630,253 1,748,075 12,164,164 . Intermediate-level studies 5,726,079 1,119,213 1,422,969 3,125,091 . Tertiary level and university studies 7,783,701 1,717,864 2,766,492 3,235,264 . MALES Total 14,593,072 2,001,270 3,038,333 9,386,823 . First stage secondary education and lower 7,756,598 714,377 935,186 5,999,533 . Intermediate-level studies 2,987,841 523,961 748,876 1,685,832 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,848,633 762,932 1,354,271 1,701,459 . FEMALES Total 14,645,063 2,466,061 2,899,203 9,137,695 . First stage secondary education and lower 7,971,757 915,876 812,889 6,164,631 . Intermediate-level studies 2,738,238 595,252 674,093 1,439,259 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,935,068 954,932 1,412,221 1,533,805 . Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The Intermediate-level studies category is comprised of: post-secondary education and 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