Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Linguistic and information technology knowledge. Absolute values Ability of persons to use a computer, by sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons Total Does not know Only to surf the Internet Beginner user Advanced user Expert user No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 29,238,135 12,782,065 335,128 9,478,276 5,186,155 1,160,802 295,709 First stage secondary education and lower 15,728,355 10,805,373 227,406 3,794,403 640,186 75,668 185,320 Intermediate-level studies 5,726,079 1,280,980 60,147 2,747,226 1,343,285 239,509 54,932 Tertiary level and university studies 7,783,701 695,712 47,574 2,936,647 3,202,685 845,626 55,458 MALES Total 14,593,072 5,877,725 156,459 4,845,236 2,712,780 850,690 150,182 First stage secondary education and lower 7,756,598 4,910,869 104,159 2,171,781 411,339 64,581 93,868 Intermediate-level studies 2,987,841 620,364 . 1,421,712 713,085 176,319 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,848,633 346,492 . 1,251,743 1,588,357 609,790 . FEMALES Total 14,645,063 6,904,340 178,669 4,633,040 2,473,375 310,112 145,528 First stage secondary education and lower 7,971,757 5,894,504 123,247 1,622,622 228,847 . 91,451 Intermediate-level studies 2,738,238 660,616 . 1,325,513 630,200 63,190 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,935,068 349,220 . 1,684,904 1,614,328 235,835 . 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