Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities FORMAL EDUCATION Average number of training hours per activity of formal education by sex and maximum educational level achieved Units: hours Average BOTH SEX Total 557.95 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 533.20 Intermediate level studies 665.13 Higher and university studies 457.30 MALE Total 588.32 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 562.39 Intermediate level studies 698.89 Higher and university studies 472.73 FEMALE Total 531.01 Secondary education, first stage primary education and illiterate 498.22 Intermediate level studies 634.29 Higher and university studies 446.15 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