European Health Survey LIMITATIONS OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLs) Availability of personal assistance, technical assistance or adaptations in the home, for ADLs, according to sex and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over with difficulties in carrying out some ADL Units: thousands of persons Total Yes No No data recorded Both sexes Total 2,803.9 1,735.4 1,064.2 4.3 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,464.1 977.8 482.0 4.3 Complete primary education 783.6 458.8 324.7 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 211.8 110.4 101.4 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 203.6 100.3 103.3 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 10.9 .. .. .. University education 119.4 67.2 52.2 0.0 No data recorded 10.6 .. .. .. Males Total 984.0 612.2 371.7 0.0 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 420.3 295.3 125.1 0.0 Complete primary education 291.0 162.0 129.0 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 93.4 52.9 40.5 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 104.5 47.6 56.9 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 8.7 .. .. .. University education 63.0 42.7 20.3 0.0 No data recorded 3.0 .. .. .. Females Total 1,819.9 1,123.1 692.4 4.3 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,043.8 682.5 356.9 4.3 Complete primary education 492.5 296.8 195.7 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 118.3 57.5 60.8 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 99.1 52.6 46.5 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 2.3 .. .. .. University education 56.3 24.4 31.9 0.0 No data recorded 7.6 .. .. .. Notes: 1) ADL= (Basic) Activities of Daily Living The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute