Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Obstacles and access to information on learning. Absolute values Persons who seek information on learning activities, by source of information, sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons ,the Internet,Through some family member, neighbour or colleague from work,Through one's employer,Through a careers advisor (including employment offices),Through an educational or training institution,The media,Books,Other means,No data recorded, BOTH SEXES, Total,5,426,873,3,317,954,1,542,503,544,175,657,442,1,085,011,1,007,828,1,553,851,129,968, First stage secondary education and lower,1,417,942,454,292,508,265,85,157,228,201,222,805,271,855,351,559,35,217, Intermediate-level studies,1,315,751,785,485,336,941,104,293,175,424,221,215,249,470,290,931,., Tertiary level and university studies,2,693,181,2,078,177,697,297,354,724,253,817,640,991,486,504,911,361,80,369, MALES, Total,2,594,207,1,714,300,676,515,284,864,251,721,450,230,501,683,841,335,58,259, First stage secondary education and lower,704,603,289,013,241,557,61,021,77,397,93,479,126,559,205,966,., Intermediate-level studies,667,102,420,081,147,231,58,763,73,882,94,784,128,019,165,510,., Tertiary level and university studies,1,222,501,1,005,207,287,726,165,079,100,442,261,967,247,105,469,859,28,843, FEMALES, Total,2,832,666,1,603,654,865,988,259,311,405,721,634,780,506,145,712,516,71,709, First stage secondary education and lower,713,338,165,279,266,708,.,150,805,129,326,145,296,145,593,., Intermediate-level studies,648,648,365,404,189,710,45,530,101,541,126,430,121,451,125,420,., Tertiary level and university studies,1,470,680,1,072,971,409,570,189,645,153,375,379,023,239,398,441,503,51,525, Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The Intermediate-level studies category is comprised of: post-secondary education and 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