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 sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons Total Has sought and found information Has sought, but not found, information Has not sought information No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 29,238,135 5,426,873 423,432 23,342,625 45,206 First stage secondary education and lower 15,728,355 1,417,942 161,765 14,116,652 31,997 Intermediate-level studies 5,726,079 1,315,751 106,145 4,301,522 . Tertiary level and university studies 7,783,701 2,693,181 155,523 4,924,451 . MALES Total 14,593,072 2,594,207 185,306 11,790,275 . First stage secondary education and lower 7,756,598 704,603 58,954 6,975,915 . Intermediate-level studies 2,987,841 667,102 45,650 2,275,088 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,848,633 1,222,501 80,702 2,539,272 . FEMALES Total 14,645,063 2,832,666 238,125 11,552,349 . First stage secondary education and lower 7,971,757 713,338 102,810 7,140,737 . Intermediate-level studies 2,738,238 648,648 60,494 2,026,434 . Tertiary level and university studies 3,935,068 1,470,680 74,820 2,385,178 . 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