Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities Social and cultural involvement. Absolute values Participation in social activities, by type of activity, sex and highest level of studies completed. Units: persons (absolute values) Political party or trade union activities Professional association activities Activities of different religious faiths or organisations Activities of organisations or recreational groups Activities of charitable and volunteer-run organisations Activities of other groups or organisations Both sexes Total 1,797,839 2,348,767 4,425,258 3,802,793 3,721,951 2,401,655 First stage secondary education and lower 643,963 528,910 2,595,452 1,562,676 1,413,024 882,565 Intermediate-level studies 417,101 425,439 716,359 824,987 766,574 514,307 Tertiary level and university studies 736,774 1,394,418 1,113,446 1,415,130 1,542,353 1,004,783 Males Total 1,144,420 1,527,370 1,760,237 2,217,239 1,593,918 1,222,071 First stage secondary education and lower 453,631 396,974 952,637 855,953 535,708 420,386 Intermediate-level studies 275,129 299,557 330,382 518,461 351,508 280,429 Tertiary level and university studies 415,660 830,839 477,219 842,825 706,702 521,256 Females Total 653,419 821,397 2,665,021 1,585,554 2,128,033 1,179,585 First stage secondary education and lower 190,332 131,936 1,642,815 706,723 877,316 462,179 Intermediate-level studies 141,972 125,882 385,978 306,525 415,066 233,878 Tertiary level and university studies 321,114 563,579 636,228 572,306 835,650 483,528 Notes: 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