Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Participation in formal 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 BOTH SEXES Total 1,756,003 376,797 1,379,206 First stage secondary education and lower 264,487 40,735 223,751 Intermediate-level studies 389,267 68,104 321,163 Tertiary level and university studies 1,102,249 267,958 834,292 MALES Total 797,109 193,445 603,664 First stage secondary education and lower 116,698 . 95,498 Intermediate-level studies 181,726 32,344 149,382 Tertiary level and university studies 498,686 139,901 358,784 FEMALES Total 958,894 183,352 775,542 First stage secondary education and lower 147,789 . 128,253 Intermediate-level studies 207,542 35,760 171,782 Tertiary level and university studies 603,564 128,056 475,507 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