Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Obstacles and access to information on learning. Absolute values Persons who have not wanted to participate in some or more educational activities, by reason, sex and nationality. Units: persons Total Absence of support from the employer Inappropriate schedule Did not need it for their job Did not need it for personal reasons Did not meet the requirements The training was too expensive Did not have time, due to family commitments The activities offered did not take place within a reasonable distance Age or health Had trouble finding what they wanted Others BOTH SEXES Total 24,462,054 542,031 199,254 2,586,467 559,805 277,189 2,644,136 2,471,915 229,956 5,402,027 3,384,187 24,401,983 Spanish 21,971,871 421,845 162,272 2,235,594 495,951 258,666 2,367,572 2,292,132 197,493 4,688,510 3,273,759 21,911,800 Other nationality 2,490,183 120,185 . 350,873 63,854 . 276,565 179,783 . 713,517 110,429 2,490,183 MALES Total 12,425,156 245,424 120,452 1,582,944 271,497 131,138 1,761,403 1,278,811 110,705 1,772,955 1,603,028 12,400,064 Spanish 11,150,375 187,631 96,095 1,359,260 238,419 128,324 1,571,499 1,198,840 100,065 1,465,137 1,565,913 11,125,283 Other nationality 1,274,781 . . 223,684 . . 189,904 79,971 . 307,818 . 1,274,781 FEMALES Total 12,036,898 296,606 78,803 1,003,523 288,308 146,051 882,733 1,193,104 119,251 3,629,071 1,781,159 12,001,918 Spanish 10,821,496 234,215 66,176 876,334 257,532 130,343 796,072 1,093,292 97,428 3,223,373 1,707,846 10,786,517 Other nationality 1,215,402 62,392 . 127,189 . . 86,661 99,812 . 405,698 73,313 1,215,402 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 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