Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities FORMAL EDUCATION Duration of the formal education activities by sex and maximum educational level Units: percentage of persons 1 to 100 hours 101 to 400 hours 401 to 700 hours Over 700 hours BOTH SEX Total 17.17 32.92 13.54 36.37 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 20.00 34.66 12.50 32.83 Intermediate level studies 12.24 25.42 14.40 47.94 Higher and university studies 20.83 39.95 13.21 26.00 MALE Total 15.96 31.82 13.81 38.41 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 18.86 32.57 13.40 35.16 Intermediate level studies 10.91 24.47 12.88 51.74 Higher and university studies 19.96 40.24 15.23 24.57 FEMALE Total 18.25 33.89 13.30 34.56 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 21.37 37.17 11.43 30.04 Intermediate level studies 13.46 26.30 15.78 44.46 Higher and university studies 21.46 39.75 11.76 27.03 Notes: 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