Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Formal and informal education. Absolute values Participation in informal education activities, by sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons Total None One Two Three or more BOTH SEXES Total 29,238,135 22,021,364 4,804,779 1,535,465 876,527 First stage secondary education and lower 15,728,355 13,564,466 1,673,531 349,163 141,195 Intermediate-level studies 5,726,079 4,000,867 1,157,254 375,085 192,873 Tertiary level and university studies 7,783,701 4,456,031 1,973,994 811,217 542,458 MALES Total 14,593,072 10,996,801 2,466,420 709,400 420,450 First stage secondary education and lower 7,756,598 6,633,735 891,309 172,767 58,787 Intermediate-level studies 2,987,841 2,090,125 585,909 205,742 106,065 Tertiary level and university studies 3,848,633 2,272,941 989,202 330,891 255,598 FEMALES Total 14,645,063 11,024,564 2,338,359 826,065 456,076 First stage secondary education and lower 7,971,757 6,930,731 782,222 176,396 82,408 Intermediate-level studies 2,738,238 1,910,742 571,346 169,342 86,808 Tertiary level and university studies 3,935,068 2,183,091 984,791 480,326 286,860 Notes: 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