Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities DIFFICULTIES AND INFORMATION SEARCH ABOUT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Persons aged 18 to 65 years old who did not wish to participate in at least one educational activity by reason, sex and nationality Units: percentage of persons They found difficult to find what they wanted They did not need more information/knowledge They do not meet the necesary requirements Education was too expensive and they could not afford it Lack of support from the employers or Public Services Education activities were not compatible with their working days Education activities did not take place in a reasonably near place They coul not access a computer nor the Internet required to participate in the activities They had no time due to family duties Age or health Other personal reasons BOTH SEX Total 3.26 11.74 1.62 4.28 4.58 17.74 1.71 0.51 29.90 5.80 24.81 Spaniard 3.24 12.53 1.22 3.60 4.26 17.67 1.68 0.44 29.83 6.29 24.77 Other 3.36 6.31 4.31 8.93 6.78 18.19 1.93 . 30.33 2.41 25.08 MALE Total 3.77 14.38 1.68 4.04 4.92 20.09 1.69 0.70 21.50 5.38 26.44 Spaniard 3.67 15.45 1.28 3.33 4.53 19.97 1.79 0.57 21.49 5.81 26.26 Other 4.47 6.79 4.50 9.07 7.63 20.95 . . 21.59 . 27.75 FEMALE Total 2.71 8.94 1.55 4.53 4.22 15.23 1.74 0.31 38.82 6.24 23.07 Spaniard 2.78 9.41 1.16 3.89 3.97 15.21 1.56 0.29 38.76 6.80 23.17 Other . 5.83 4.12 8.79 5.92 15.40 . . 39.17 . 22.38 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 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