European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLs)
Difficulty in carrying out ADLs, according to type of activity, sex and current relationship with economic activity. Population aged 16 years old and over
Units: percentage

	Feeding oneself					Sitting, standing up from a chair or from a bed, lying down					Dressing and undressing oneself					Using the lavatory					Showering or washing oneself (whole body)					
	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty	Severe difficulty	Unable to do so by oneself	
Both sexes	
    Total	100.00	98.04	1.16	0.30	0.50	100.00	94.71	3.38	0.93	0.98	100.00	95.01	2.81	0.93	1.25	100.00	96.77	1.66	0.58	1.00	100.00	94.70	2.39	0.84	2.07	
    Working	100.00	99.90	0.09	0.02	0.00	100.00	99.27	0.61	0.11	0.02	100.00	99.48	0.42	0.08	0.02	100.00	99.68	0.27	0.04	0.02	100.00	99.54	0.37	0.07	0.02	
    Unemployed	100.00	99.60	0.26	0.04	0.10	100.00	98.65	0.95	0.29	0.10	100.00	98.72	0.72	0.46	0.10	100.00	99.60	0.29	0.00	0.10	100.00	99.05	0.71	0.14	0.10	
    Studying	100.00	99.88	0.00	0.00	0.12	100.00	99.60	0.00	0.09	0.30	100.00	99.48	0.31	0.05	0.16	100.00	99.57	0.09	0.05	0.29	100.00	99.43	0.23	0.00	0.34	
    Retired person, Pensioner	100.00	92.92	4.18	1.04	1.87	100.00	82.23	11.13	2.99	3.64	100.00	82.97	9.28	3.18	4.57	100.00	88.48	6.03	1.94	3.56	100.00	80.85	8.44	3.05	7.67	
    Incapacitated to work	100.00	87.00	6.36	2.19	4.45	100.00	75.15	13.04	5.40	6.41	100.00	72.27	13.70	5.45	8.58	100.00	81.25	7.71	4.47	6.57	100.00	72.38	9.69	5.09	12.85	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	100.00	97.96	1.35	0.44	0.24	100.00	92.15	5.50	1.31	1.03	100.00	93.61	3.84	1.12	1.44	100.00	96.21	1.81	0.78	1.20	100.00	93.46	3.02	0.89	2.63	
    Other situations	100.00	98.61	1.39	0.00	0.00	100.00	94.01	5.99	0.00	0.00	100.00	91.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	98.61	1.39	0.00	0.00	100.00	93.63	1.87	2.25	2.25	
Male	
    Total	100.00	98.41	0.98	0.24	0.37	100.00	96.51	2.10	0.74	0.65	100.00	96.39	1.92	0.78	0.91	100.00	97.76	1.12	0.47	0.65	100.00	96.40	1.60	0.67	1.33	
    Working	100.00	99.86	0.14	0.00	0.00	100.00	99.51	0.41	0.08	0.00	100.00	99.67	0.26	0.06	0.00	100.00	99.69	0.28	0.03	0.00	100.00	99.73	0.22	0.04	0.01	
    Unemployed	100.00	99.49	0.24	0.08	0.19	100.00	98.93	0.55	0.32	0.19	100.00	99.05	0.37	0.39	0.19	100.00	99.47	0.33	0.00	0.19	100.00	99.47	0.14	0.19	0.19	
    Studying	100.00	99.77	0.00	0.00	0.23	100.00	99.47	0.00	0.00	0.53	100.00	99.41	0.26	0.10	0.23	100.00	99.41	0.00	0.10	0.49	100.00	99.31	0.10	0.00	0.59	
    Retired person, Pensioner	100.00	94.30	3.39	1.08	1.24	100.00	87.52	7.67	2.45	2.37	100.00	87.00	6.87	2.70	3.42	100.00	92.04	3.92	1.63	2.41	100.00	86.29	6.18	2.33	5.20	
    Incapacitated to work	100.00	90.65	5.82	0.71	2.82	100.00	82.22	8.95	5.12	3.71	100.00	78.86	10.45	5.48	5.21	100.00	87.61	5.37	4.55	2.47	100.00	80.22	8.14	5.42	6.22	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	100.00	97.17	1.30	0.00	1.53	100.00	95.61	1.56	0.00	2.83	100.00	95.61	1.02	0.00	3.37	100.00	97.17	0.00	0.00	2.83	100.00	96.63	0.54	0.00	2.83	
    Other situations	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	93.30	6.70	0.00	0.00	100.00	90.11	9.89	0.00	0.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	92.90	2.91	2.14	2.05	
Female	
    Total	100.00	97.69	1.33	0.36	0.62	100.00	92.98	4.61	1.11	1.29	100.00	93.69	3.66	1.08	1.57	100.00	95.81	2.18	0.68	1.33	100.00	93.07	3.15	1.00	2.79	
    Working	100.00	99.95	0.01	0.04	0.00	100.00	98.94	0.87	0.15	0.04	100.00	99.23	0.63	0.10	0.04	100.00	99.66	0.25	0.05	0.04	100.00	99.29	0.56	0.11	0.04	
    Unemployed	100.00	99.72	0.28	0.00	0.00	100.00	98.34	1.40	0.26	0.00	100.00	98.35	1.12	0.53	0.00	100.00	99.75	0.25	0.00	0.00	100.00	98.57	1.35	0.08	0.00	
    Studying	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	99.74	0.00	0.18	0.08	100.00	99.56	0.37	0.00	0.08	100.00	99.74	0.18	0.00	0.08	100.00	99.56	0.37	0.00	0.08	
    Retired person, Pensioner	100.00	91.38	5.06	0.99	2.57	100.00	76.34	14.99	3.60	5.07	100.00	78.48	11.96	3.72	5.85	100.00	84.51	8.37	2.28	4.84	100.00	74.77	10.96	3.85	10.43	
    Incapacitated to work	100.00	82.25	7.05	4.12	6.58	100.00	65.95	18.36	5.77	9.93	100.00	63.71	17.93	5.41	12.95	100.00	72.99	10.74	4.37	11.90	100.00	62.18	11.70	4.66	21.47	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	100.00	97.98	1.36	0.45	0.22	100.00	92.09	5.57	1.34	1.00	100.00	93.57	3.89	1.14	1.40	100.00	96.19	1.84	0.80	1.17	100.00	93.41	3.06	0.91	2.62	
    Other situations	100.00	96.12	3.88	0.00	0.00	100.00	95.29	4.71	0.00	0.00	100.00	92.62	7.38	0.00	0.00	100.00	96.12	3.88	0.00	0.00	100.00	94.94	0.00	2.44	2.62	
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