Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities NON-FORMAL EDUCATION Reasons for attending the non-formal education activities by sex and age group Units: percentage of activities Improving performance on job and/or professional expectations Decreasing the possibility of lose the job Increasing the possibility of obtaining or changing a job Creating yoor own business Being forced to attend Acquiring useful knowledge or techniques for the daily life Acquiring useful knowledge or techniques in a subject for its own interest Obtaining a certificate Meeting new people, enjoying BOTH SEX Total [18, 65] 62.02 15.98 23.18 4.07 10.80 34.20 54.53 21.82 7.68 Subtotal [25, 64] 63.64 16.89 20.88 3.84 11.32 33.47 54.27 19.99 7.28 18 to 24 years old 50.55 9.51 40.28 5.79 7.10 39.04 56.19 35.44 10.66 25 to 34 years old 65.24 19.62 30.71 5.81 11.27 33.91 53.19 27.05 8.03 35 to 44 years old 67.85 16.61 20.56 4.12 10.93 32.35 55.77 20.45 6.23 45 to 54 years old 64.09 16.18 15.38 2.29 12.31 32.46 53.17 15.16 5.85 55 to 65 years old 46.94 11.51 6.61 . 10.21 37.93 55.90 9.71 10.97 MALE Total [18, 65] 64.69 16.52 22.02 4.53 13.90 30.65 52.12 21.21 6.29 Subtotal [25, 64] 66.54 17.31 19.98 4.34 14.79 30.21 52.15 19.46 5.92 18 to 24 years old 48.35 9.83 40.03 6.22 6.31 33.84 51.30 36.70 9.54 25 to 34 years old 65.78 18.59 26.98 5.42 15.15 31.82 49.85 24.86 6.16 35 to 44 years old 70.42 17.20 21.49 5.35 13.59 28.60 54.85 19.61 5.84 45 to 54 years old 67.32 17.06 16.01 3.25 14.91 31.07 52.34 16.16 4.61 55 to 65 years old 55.74 14.56 5.51 . 16.88 29.26 50.59 11.78 8.38 FEMALE Total [18, 65] 59.34 15.44 24.35 3.60 7.67 37.77 56.95 22.42 9.08 Subtotal [25, 64] 60.60 16.45 21.83 3.31 7.68 36.89 56.49 20.54 8.70 18 to 24 years old 52.20 9.28 40.46 5.46 7.70 42.95 59.87 34.49 11.50 25 to 34 years old 64.73 20.59 34.21 6.18 7.62 35.88 56.32 29.10 9.79 35 to 44 years old 64.75 15.91 19.44 2.65 7.74 36.86 56.87 21.47 6.68 45 to 54 years old 60.67 15.24 14.70 . 9.55 33.92 54.06 14.11 7.17 55 to 65 years old 38.50 8.58 7.67 . . 46.23 61.00 7.73 13.46 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) More than one reason can be reported for each activity 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