Some 71% of tertiary graduates have taken part in formal and/or informal training activities, versus only 27% of people who have not completed an upper secondary education. France is no exception, with 56% of higher education graduates having undergone vocational education or training, as opposed to only 17% of those not completing secondary school (Table C6.2a). This trend is even more pronounced in France, with only 19% of 55-64 year-olds taking part in vocational education or training over the past 12 months versus 45% of 25-34 year-olds (Table C6.2b). Another statistic: in France, 18% of individuals questioned chose the option "My employer did not encourage me" to explain why they had given up on taking part in training activities of interest to them, versus an OECD average of only 8% (see Table C6.5).