Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities 
Obstacles and access to information on learning. Absolute values
Persons who have not wanted to participate in some or more educational activities, by reason, sex and highest level of studies.
Units: persons

	Total	Absence of support from the employer	Inappropriate schedule	Did not need it for their job	Did not need it for personal reasons	Did not meet the requirements	The training was too expensive	Did not have time, due to family commitments	The activities offered did not take place within a reasonable distance	Age or health	Had trouble finding what they wanted	Others	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	24,462,054	542,031	199,254	2,586,467	559,805	277,189	2,644,136	2,471,915	229,956	5,402,027	3,384,187	24,401,983	
    First stage secondary education and lower	13,912,238	286,018	101,661	1,121,321	291,050	84,470	1,627,598	1,717,126	182,758	3,356,960	2,895,046	13,864,362	
    Intermediate-level studies	4,548,060	98,200	40,366	657,160	96,882	59,477	468,034	389,348	.	1,014,421	262,554	4,541,438	
    Tertiary level and university studies	6,001,756	157,812	57,227	807,986	171,874	133,242	548,504	365,440	27,430	1,030,645	226,588	5,996,182	
MALES	
    Total	12,425,156	245,424	120,452	1,582,944	271,497	131,138	1,761,403	1,278,811	110,705	1,772,955	1,603,028	12,400,064	
    First stage secondary education and lower	6,934,719	144,842	69,772	773,932	149,459	34,720	1,076,285	878,085	86,465	1,008,286	1,344,380	6,915,324	
    Intermediate-level studies	2,434,708	45,699	.	390,941	47,462	.	318,117	199,444	.	392,474	132,957	2,429,778	
    Tertiary level and university studies	3,055,730	54,883	.	418,071	74,577	69,985	367,001	201,282	.	372,196	125,692	3,054,962	
FEMALES	
    Total	12,036,898	296,606	78,803	1,003,523	288,308	146,051	882,733	1,193,104	119,251	3,629,071	1,781,159	12,001,918	
    First stage secondary education and lower	6,977,520	141,177	31,889	347,389	141,591	49,750	551,313	839,042	96,293	2,348,674	1,550,666	6,949,038	
    Intermediate-level studies	2,113,352	52,501	.	266,220	49,420	33,044	149,917	189,904	.	621,948	129,597	2,111,660	
    Tertiary level and university studies	2,946,026	102,929	.	389,915	97,297	63,257	181,503	164,159	.	658,449	100,896	2,941,220	
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