Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities NON-FORMAL EDUCATION Reasons for attending the non-formal education activities by sex and labour situation when interviewed 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 Employed 71.49 20.38 15.82 2.92 13.64 32.40 55.26 19.01 5.48 Unemployed 45.69 7.27 47.44 7.92 5.55 30.57 45.62 27.85 8.82 Inactive 33.11 3.98 30.98 5.22 2.54 48.22 62.01 28.85 17.73 MALE Total 64.69 16.52 22.02 4.53 13.90 30.65 52.12 21.21 6.29 Employed 72.54 20.09 14.43 3.44 16.91 30.19 53.29 18.15 4.96 Unemployed 43.14 8.02 49.64 9.00 7.95 26.48 41.67 29.34 7.36 Inactive 41.39 . 33.14 5.34 . 41.14 60.81 30.78 14.49 FEMALE Total 59.34 15.44 24.35 3.60 7.67 37.77 56.95 22.42 9.08 Employed 70.31 20.70 17.40 2.33 9.94 34.91 57.48 19.99 6.07 Unemployed 48.10 6.57 45.36 6.91 3.29 34.43 49.35 26.45 10.19 Inactive 28.30 . 29.73 5.15 3.37 52.34 62.70 27.74 19.62 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) 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