Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Participation in education activities by type of attendance (classroom or distance-learning), by sex and highest level of studies completed by the person carrying them out. Units: activities Total Activity carried out off site Activity carried out on site No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 12,691,943 1,553,181 11,107,199 . First stage secondary education and lower 3,093,886 189,979 2,895,532 . Intermediate-level studies 2,968,684 321,236 2,644,394 . Tertiary level and university studies 6,629,373 1,041,966 5,567,273 . MALES Total 6,176,411 729,972 5,434,230 . First stage secondary education and lower 1,547,176 120,784 1,425,231 . Intermediate-level studies 1,554,618 170,887 1,382,450 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,074,617 438,301 2,626,549 . FEMALES Total 6,515,532 823,210 5,672,969 . First stage secondary education and lower 1,546,710 69,195 1,470,301 . Intermediate-level studies 1,414,066 150,349 1,261,944 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,554,756 603,666 2,940,724 . 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