Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities NON-FORMAL EDUCATION Reasons for attending the non-formal education activities by sex and nationality 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 62.02 15.98 23.18 4.07 10.80 34.20 54.53 21.82 7.68 Spaniard 63.30 15.58 22.34 3.95 10.35 33.82 55.80 21.43 7.49 Other 49.79 19.79 31.20 5.15 15.09 37.86 42.35 25.48 9.50 MALE Total 64.69 16.52 22.02 4.53 13.90 30.65 52.12 21.21 6.29 Spaniard 66.02 16.32 21.07 4.49 13.50 30.75 53.54 21.18 6.21 Other 51.15 18.54 31.71 . 18.00 29.61 37.70 21.47 7.10 FEMALE Total 59.34 15.44 24.35 3.60 7.67 37.77 56.95 22.42 9.08 Spaniard 60.54 14.83 23.64 3.41 7.14 36.93 58.10 21.68 8.79 Other 48.57 20.91 30.75 . 12.46 45.29 46.55 29.10 11.67 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