Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities FORMAL EDUCATION Learning method of the formal education activities by sex and maximum educational level achieved Units: percentage of activities Classroom training Distance learning - virtual learning Distance learning - correspondence courses BOTH SEX Total 85.74 12.36 1.90 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 90.33 7.92 . Intermediate level studies 92.87 6.40 . Higher and university studies 75.28 21.45 . MALE Total 87.31 10.71 1.98 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 90.66 . . Intermediate level studies 94.59 . . Higher and university studies 75.51 20.51 . FEMALE Total 84.34 13.84 . Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 89.89 . . Intermediate level studies 91.31 8.19 . Higher and university studies 75.11 22.12 . Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) The category 'Intermediate level 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