Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, and their relation with the person with disabilities, by the sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

	Total			Spouse or partner			Daughter			Son			Sister			Brother			Mother			Father			Another relative			Employee			Friend and neighbours			Social services (Public Administrations, NGO)			Other persons			No data recorded			
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	2,088.1	710.6	1,377.6	448.8	237.6	211.2	473.0	91.2	381.9	115.9	25.2	90.8	58.8	26.9	31.9	10.8	5.8	5.0	168.5	101.2	67.3	18.1	12.7	5.4	136.8	32.6	104.2	132.9	30.1	102.8	7.8	2.3	5.5	38.4	5.3	33.1	13.2	4.3	8.9	465.2	135.5	329.7	
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength	534.9	230.4	304.5	175.1	119.2	56.0	178.6	34.2	144.4	20.7	5.2	15.5	20.9	8.5	12.3	4.2	2.1	2.2	65.7	41.9	23.8	4.6	3.5	1.1	46.4	11.4	35.0	13.7	3.5	10.1	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.3	0.3	2.0	1.9	0.7	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so	207.4	80.4	127.0	57.0	30.8	26.3	63.0	13.4	49.6	13.4	2.3	11.1	6.3	2.4	3.9	2.0	1.3	0.7	32.6	21.3	11.3	4.1	2.3	1.8	18.6	3.9	14.8	8.6	2.4	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.7	0.9	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.2	
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task	201.0	88.9	112.1	45.7	33.5	12.2	63.0	13.4	49.6	12.4	4.2	8.2	8.5	4.4	4.0	0.9	0.9	0.1	32.3	21.9	10.4	3.6	2.3	1.3	22.1	6.1	16.0	10.2	1.9	8.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	
They have other difficulties	196.1	75.9	120.2	57.9	32.8	25.1	59.9	13.4	46.5	15.0	2.7	12.4	7.4	3.5	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.8	31.9	17.2	14.6	3.7	2.4	1.4	13.0	2.4	10.7	4.3	0.5	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have	198.4	74.3	124.0	51.6	27.1	24.5	57.2	12.2	45.0	16.9	3.9	13.0	7.4	2.9	4.5	2.1	0.8	1.2	31.0	19.2	11.9	2.6	2.0	0.6	19.0	3.7	15.3	9.1	2.5	6.7	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	
They have no difficulty	579.4	183.1	396.3	150.6	65.2	85.4	168.9	32.1	136.9	49.5	9.4	40.1	20.9	11.1	9.8	3.6	2.0	1.6	45.6	25.4	20.3	5.8	3.8	2.0	49.1	12.4	36.7	65.8	17.5	48.2	2.5	0.5	2.0	11.8	2.1	9.7	5.2	1.6	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	
No data recorded	730.8	207.9	522.9	68.2	27.0	41.2	63.5	12.4	51.1	19.5	4.3	15.2	8.0	2.6	5.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	15.4	8.1	7.3	2.6	2.4	0.2	18.2	3.4	14.8	37.5	5.8	31.7	4.2	1.7	2.5	22.8	2.5	20.3	5.1	1.8	3.3	465.0	135.5	329.6	
Notes:
1) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 2) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons  must be viewed with caution, because they may be affected by  large sampling errors. 
Source: National Statistics Institute