Economically Active Population Survey
National results
Persons from 16 to 64 years old who were born outside Spain (*), according  to they have taking any course of other official spanish languages different from Castilian by sex.
Units: Absolute values (thousands) and percentages

	Total	Yes	No, it was not necessary	No, for other reasons	Does not know	
absolute value	
    Both sexes	
        Total	1,929.3	446.6	544.9	874.6	63.2	
        Catalan	1,072.9	327.3	261.5	437.1	47.1	
        Valenciano	592.0	83.0	199.1	297.6	12.3	
        Gallego	108.4	12.9	46.7	47.7	1.1	
        Basque	156.0	23.4	37.6	92.2	2.8	
    Males	
        Total	939.3	185.3	273.0	441.9	39.2	
        Catalan	524.5	136.8	134.9	226.5	26.3	
        Valenciano	292.8	34.3	98.0	149.1	11.3	
        Gallego	43.8	4.7	18.7	19.9	0.6	
        Basque	78.2	9.5	21.3	46.4	1.0	
    Women	
        Total	990.0	261.3	271.9	432.7	24.1	
        Catalan	548.4	190.5	126.6	210.6	20.7	
        Valenciano	299.2	48.7	101.0	148.5	1.0	
        Gallego	64.5	8.2	28.0	27.8	0.5	
        Basque	77.9	13.9	16.3	45.9	1.8	
percentage	
    Both sexes	
        Total	100.00	23.15	28.24	45.33	3.28	
        Catalan	100.00	30.50	24.37	40.74	4.39	
        Valenciano	100.00	14.03	33.63	50.27	2.07	
        Gallego	100.00	11.90	43.06	44.02	1.01	
        Basque	100.00	15.00	24.12	59.10	1.79	
    Males	
        Total	100.00	19.73	29.06	47.04	4.17	
        Catalan	100.00	26.08	25.72	43.18	5.02	
        Valenciano	100.00	11.73	33.49	50.94	3.85	
        Gallego	100.00	10.67	42.65	45.38	1.31	
        Basque	100.00	12.15	27.30	59.31	1.24	
    Women	
        Total	100.00	26.39	27.46	43.71	2.43	
        Catalan	100.00	34.74	23.08	38.40	3.78	
        Valenciano	100.00	16.28	33.77	49.61	0.34	
        Gallego	100.00	12.74	43.34	43.11	0.82	
        Basque	100.00	17.85	20.93	58.88	2.34	
Notes:
1) (*) Each person has answered in connection to the language of his/her Autonomous Community of residence, that is, those resident in Catalu±a and Illes Balears in connection to  Catalan, those in Comunitat Valenciana to Valencian, those of Galicia to  Galician, and those of Comunidad Foral de Navarra and PaÝs Vasco to Basque
Source: National Statistics Institute