Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Reason for carrying out the informal education activity, by sex and highest level of studies completed by the person carrying it out. Units: activities ,To do one's work better and/or improve professional aspirations,To decrease the possibility of losing one's job,To increase the possibility of getting a job or changing to another job or profession,To create one's own enterprise,Obligated to participate,To acquire knowledge or techniques that are useful in everyday life,To acquire knowledge or techniques that are useful in a subject, for personal interests,To gain a certificate,To meet new people, for fun,For other reasons, BOTH SEXES, Total,5,819,369,966,517,2,165,924,374,137,872,682,4,192,671,5,767,777,2,049,666,1,102,485,376,229, First stage secondary education and lower,1,082,402,274,890,525,581,90,662,319,398,1,176,123,1,411,016,482,676,456,541,122,912, Intermediate-level studies,1,410,821,252,643,599,343,100,984,231,287,1,046,488,1,392,699,570,896,241,885,96,284, Tertiary level and university studies,3,326,146,438,985,1,041,000,182,490,321,997,1,970,060,2,964,063,996,094,404,059,157,033, MALES, Total,2,989,322,506,537,923,463,207,594,588,756,1,793,479,2,629,134,924,917,377,511,155,708, First stage secondary education and lower,663,670,171,723,255,757,54,314,215,287,487,235,650,193,259,849,120,366,47,211, Intermediate-level studies,805,302,132,888,258,987,44,057,160,577,460,457,690,617,283,815,78,555,45,155, Tertiary level and university studies,1,520,350,201,926,408,719,109,223,212,892,845,787,1,288,323,381,254,178,590,63,342, FEMALES, Total,2,830,047,459,980,1,242,461,166,543,283,926,2,399,192,3,138,644,1,124,749,724,974,220,521, First stage secondary education and lower,418,732,103,167,269,824,36,348,104,110,688,888,760,823,222,827,336,175,75,701, Intermediate-level studies,605,519,119,754,340,356,56,928,70,710,586,031,702,082,287,081,163,330,51,129, Tertiary level and university studies,1,805,796,237,059,632,281,73,267,109,106,1,124,273,1,675,739,614,840,225,469,93,690, Notes: 1) The Intermediate-level studies category is comprised of: Post-Secondary Education, intermediate-level technical-professional education For each activity, several reasons may be checked 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