Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities 
Obstacles and access to information on learning. Absolute values
Persons who seek information on learning activities, by source of information, sex and highest level of studies completed.
Units: persons

	the Internet	Through some family member, neighbour or colleague from work	Through one's employer	Through a careers advisor (including employment offices)	Through an educational or training institution	The media	Books	Other means	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	5,426,873	3,317,954	1,542,503	544,175	657,442	1,085,011	1,007,828	1,553,851	129,968	
    First stage secondary education and lower	1,417,942	454,292	508,265	85,157	228,201	222,805	271,855	351,559	35,217	
    Intermediate-level studies	1,315,751	785,485	336,941	104,293	175,424	221,215	249,470	290,931	.	
    Tertiary level and university studies	2,693,181	2,078,177	697,297	354,724	253,817	640,991	486,504	911,361	80,369	
MALES	
    Total	2,594,207	1,714,300	676,515	284,864	251,721	450,230	501,683	841,335	58,259	
    First stage secondary education and lower	704,603	289,013	241,557	61,021	77,397	93,479	126,559	205,966	.	
    Intermediate-level studies	667,102	420,081	147,231	58,763	73,882	94,784	128,019	165,510	.	
    Tertiary level and university studies	1,222,501	1,005,207	287,726	165,079	100,442	261,967	247,105	469,859	28,843	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,832,666	1,603,654	865,988	259,311	405,721	634,780	506,145	712,516	71,709	
    First stage secondary education and lower	713,338	165,279	266,708	.	150,805	129,326	145,296	145,593	.	
    Intermediate-level studies	648,648	365,404	189,710	45,530	101,541	126,430	121,451	125,420	.	
    Tertiary level and university studies	1,470,680	1,072,971	409,570	189,645	153,375	379,023	239,398	441,503	51,525	
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