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17 RESULTS In terms of gender, most of the participants were women: 47 women compared to 36 men and 1 person considered to be of non-binary gender (see table 2). As can be seen in graphics, the average age of the participants who took part in the research was 37.71 years. The mean age of the female research participants was 38.57, the mean age of the male research participants was 36.44. As for the country of origin, 25.3% of the sample was Spanish (21 subjects), Maltese (21), Cypriot (21) and 24.1% were of Italian (20). Graphic 1. Number of participants by gender. PROFESSIONAL FAMILIES 1. AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK FARMING & FISHING The “Agriculture, livestock farming and fishing” professional family was defined as follows: The agriculture is the set of economic and technical activities related to the treatment of the ground and the cultivation of land for food production. It comprises a whole set of human actions that transform the natural environment. Livestock farming consists of the management and exploitation of domesticated animals for production purposes. Fishing is defined as that activity carried out to extract fish. It can be done in continental or marine waters. This category includes the following activities/professions: Farming, Livestock farming. Gardening, Fishing”. The following professional competences, skills and characteristics were most frequently selected by the participants: Teamworking and Problem solving (both chosen by 77.6% of the people surveyed); Planning (74.1%), Organization (64.7%), Resistance to adversity (61.2%), Adaptability