Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities FORMAL EDUCATION Average number of training hours per participant in recent formal education activities by sex and maximum educational level achieved Units: hours Average BOTH SEX Total 597.83 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 559.81 Intermediate level studies 710.01 Higher and university studies 497.82 MALE Total 624.00 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 578.97 Intermediate level studies 741.44 Higher and university studies 512.79 FEMALE Total 574.16 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 535.82 Intermediate level studies 680.94 Higher and university studies 486.95 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