Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities GENERAL RESULTS Participation in activities of formal or non-formal education by sex and maximum educational level achieved Units: percentage of persons They participate in activities of Formal and/or Non-formal Education They participate in activities of Formal Education They participate in activities of Non-formal Educaction BOTH SEX Total 41.14 11.94 34.82 Obligatory secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 25.75 5.80 22.07 Intermediate studies 47.90 19.13 37.80 Higher and university studies 59.19 15.18 52.07 MALE Total 41.67 11.28 35.53 Obligatory secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 28.95 6.23 24.83 Intermediate studies 48.29 18.33 38.58 Higher and university studies 57.77 13.51 51.43 FEMALE Total 40.61 12.62 34.10 Obligatory secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 22.16 5.32 18.99 Intermediate studies 47.51 19.92 37.02 Higher and university studies 60.44 16.65 52.63 Notes: 1) The category 'Intermediate studies' includes: Secondary education, intermediate technical-vocational education and other. Data referring to 12 months before the date of the survey. The symbol '.' means that data is not available, since it is affected by sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institut