Table 7 People stating various main reasons for why they didn't participate (more) in education and training in the last 12 months, as a percentage of the population 25-64 years who wanted to participate (more), by gender, age and economic activity. Per cent. 2007

7 People stating various main reasons for why they didn't participate (more) in education and training in the last 12 months, as a percentage of the population 25-64 years who wanted to participate (more), by gender, age and economic activity. Per cent. 2007
	Did not have the prerequisites	Could not afford it	Lack of employer's support/employer lacked resources	Didn't have time due to job responsibilities	Didn't have time due to family responsibilities	There was no training offered at the reachable distance	Not confident with the idea of going back to something like school	Health or age made participation difficult	Other reasons


All 25-64 years	2	8	19	26	15	9	1	9	11
Gender
Males	3	6	15	33	11	9	2	8	12
Females	2	9	23	19	18	8	1	10	10
Age group
25-34 years	5	8	14	23	18	10	2	7	13
35-49 years	2	8	19	28	18	8	1	8	8
50-64 years	1	8	24	24	7	9	1	11	14
Economic activity
Primary industries	5	0	19	44	17	13	0	3	0
Mining and quarrying	0	0	10	58	13	0	12	0	7
Manufacturing, electricity, gas and water supply	5	10	23	33	9	6	1	3	10
Construction	4	1	20	43	16	10	0	0	6
Wholesale and retail trade	2	9	12	29	22	10	1	4	11
Hotels and restaurants	3	18	4	23	20	10	3	11	8
Transportation, storage and communication	3	9	8	26	20	10	0	5	19
Financial intermediation, real estate and other business activities	1	5	6	45	18	6	1	4	14
Public administration	4	0	29	27	19	13	0	0	8
Education	1	6	28	25	18	11	1	2	7
Health and social work and other community, social and personal service activities	2	9	31	21	11	9	2	5	11