Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities NON-FORMAL EDUCATION R Reasons for attending the non-formal education activities by sex and maximum educational level achieved Units: percentage of activities Improving performance on job and/or professional expectations Decreasing the possibility of lose the job Increasing the possibility of obtaining or changing a job Creating yoor own business Being forced to attend Acquiring useful knowledge or techniques for the daily life Acquiring useful knowledge or techniques in a subject for its own interest Obtaining a certificate Meeting new people, enjoying BOTH SEX Total 62.02 15.98 23.18 4.07 10.80 34.20 54.53 21.82 7.68 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 52.90 16.69 26.50 3.90 15.57 33.80 44.83 26.92 9.57 Intermediate level studies 59.68 16.27 26.60 5.53 11.94 37.78 54.30 24.80 8.33 Higher and university studies 67.16 15.52 20.05 3.42 8.15 32.60 58.87 18.11 6.53 MALE Total 64.69 16.52 22.02 4.53 13.90 30.65 52.12 21.21 6.29 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 58.63 18.54 26.05 3.44 19.61 26.26 42.17 27.30 6.20 Intermediate level studies 64.63 18.08 25.00 7.00 14.43 36.04 53.22 23.64 7.91 Higher and university studies 68.26 14.48 18.02 3.81 10.28 30.23 57.32 16.32 5.44 FEMALE Total 59.34 15.44 24.35 3.60 7.67 37.77 56.95 22.42 9.08 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 44.04 13.84 27.20 4.61 9.32 45.46 48.93 26.34 14.79 Intermediate level studies 54.61 14.43 28.23 4.03 9.41 39.54 55.40 25.99 8.75 Higher and university studies 66.24 16.39 21.73 3.09 6.38 34.57 60.15 19.60 7.43 Notes: 1) The category 'Intermediate level studies' includes: Secondary education, intermediate technical-vocational education and other More than one reason can be reported for each activity Data referring to 12 months before the date of the survey. The symbol '.' means that data is not available, since it is affected by sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institut