Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, by age and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care

	Total			6 to 64 years old			65 to 79 years old			80 years old and over			
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength	39.41	45.84	35.63	35.98	42.82	28.34	38.58	49.68	32.03	42.34	46.28	40.95	
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so	15.28	15.99	14.87	18.06	19.58	16.36	13.42	13.67	13.26	14.66	13.27	15.15	
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task	14.81	17.68	13.12	15.10	18.63	11.15	13.02	17.77	10.22	15.85	16.28	15.69	
They have other difficulties	14.45	15.11	14.06	15.89	15.86	15.93	13.27	13.70	13.02	14.26	15.43	13.85	
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have	14.62	14.79	14.51	16.78	17.55	15.92	13.03	12.58	13.29	14.22	13.11	14.61	
They have no difficulty	42.69	36.42	46.38	41.14	34.29	48.80	46.31	36.64	52.01	41.26	39.16	42.00	
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