Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Percentage values Characteristics of the informal education activities carried out for work reasons, by sex and highest level of studies completed by the person carrying them out. Units: percentages ,Total,They carry out the activity mainly during paid working hours,The employer pays part or all of the expenses of the classes, registration and exam fees.,The employer pays part or all of the expenses of the books or technical study media., BOTH SEXES, Total,100.00,32.62,43.74,38.56, First stage secondary education and lower,100.00,31.97,39.65,34.30, Intermediate-level studies,100.00,33.81,44.95,39.35, Tertiary level and university studies,100.00,32.38,45.14,40.25, MALES, Total,100.00,36.12,47.06,41.63, First stage secondary education and lower,100.00,33.67,40.15,34.07, Intermediate-level studies,100.00,36.04,47.93,43.30, Tertiary level and university studies,100.00,37.77,51.09,45.64, FEMALES, Total,.,.,.,., First stage secondary education and lower,100.00,28.49,38.63,34.77, Intermediate-level studies,100.00,30.38,40.35,33.26, Tertiary level and university studies,.,.,.,., Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The Intermediate-level studies category is comprised of: Post-Secondary Education, intermediate-level technical-professional education. 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