Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities DIFFICULTIES AND INFORMATION SEARCH ABOUT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Persons aged 18 to 65 years old who, wishing to participate in education activities, do not do it by reason, sex and age group Units: percentage of persons They found difficult to find what they wanted They do not meet the necesary requirements Education was too expensive and they could not afford it Lack of support from the employers or Public Services Education activities were not compatible with their working days Education activities did not take place in a reasonably near place They coul not access a computer nor the Internet required to participate in the activities They had no time due to family duties Age or health Other personal reasons BOTH SEX Total [18, 65] 11.69 10.10 16.63 19.26 28.77 5.67 1.10 24.07 2.88 14.52 Subtotal [25, 64] 11.60 9.65 16.12 19.52 29.54 5.51 0.99 25.53 3.03 13.88 18 to 24 years old 12.47 13.45 20.52 17.63 23.50 6.78 . 14.03 . 18.53 25 to 34 years old 11.46 11.83 20.81 15.61 31.43 5.11 . 19.20 . 14.67 35 to 44 years old 12.52 8.09 15.25 21.34 32.03 5.99 . 32.20 . 11.28 45 to 54 years old 11.34 10.04 13.56 19.51 28.44 5.78 . 26.39 4.06 13.70 55 to 65 years old 9.80 7.06 10.37 24.74 20.00 4.75 . 22.78 9.18 19.54 MALE Total [18, 65] 12.33 11.51 14.64 21.33 31.91 6.20 . 17.12 1.71 13.99 Subtotal [25, 64] 11.93 10.92 14.36 21.83 33.79 6.04 . 17.88 1.78 13.01 18 to 24 years old 14.96 15.58 16.77 18.65 20.29 . . 11.88 . 19.40 25 to 34 years old 11.93 13.60 18.80 20.06 31.66 5.16 . 12.21 . 13.80 35 to 44 years old 14.30 9.35 14.21 22.35 38.93 6.81 . 22.57 . 10.94 45 to 54 years old 10.38 11.33 11.12 20.15 34.34 . . 20.56 . 13.09 55 to 65 years old . . . 28.17 24.14 . . 17.72 . 17.50 FEMALE Total [18, 65] 11.15 8.90 18.32 17.51 26.12 5.22 1.09 29.97 3.87 14.97 Subtotal [25, 64] 11.33 8.58 17.58 17.59 26.00 5.08 1.02 31.89 4.07 14.61 18 to 24 years old 10.09 11.40 24.11 16.65 26.58 . . 16.08 . 17.70 25 to 34 years old 11.00 10.09 22.80 11.21 31.21 5.06 . 26.13 . 15.54 35 to 44 years old 11.06 7.07 16.10 20.51 26.37 5.32 . 40.08 . 11.56 45 to 54 years old 12.03 9.10 15.31 19.06 24.20 5.30 . 30.58 5.40 14.14 55 to 65 years old 11.16 . 13.25 22.27 17.01 . . 26.44 11.86 21.02 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) This includes those persons who, whether or not they have participated in an an educational activity, were interested in participating in another one and they coul not. 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