European Health Survey LIMITATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES Level of difficulty according to the type of household activity by sex and age group. Population aged 65 years old and over. Units: percentage Preparing meals Using the telephone Carry out shopping Taking and administration of medicines Light domestic chores (cleaning, doing laundry...) Heavy domestic chores (moving furniture, carrying groceries...) Administration of domestic economy TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it Both sexes TOTAL 100.00 75.68 5.28 3.03 7.44 8.56 100.00 86.52 4.17 2.46 6.32 0.54 100.00 75.84 6.32 4.88 10.98 2.00 100.00 86.50 4.35 2.17 6.42 0.57 100.00 68.15 9.29 6.31 9.98 6.27 100.00 50.31 12.55 11.80 19.62 5.71 100.00 84.81 3.52 2.25 8.24 1.18 From 65 to 69 years old 100.00 87.77 3.00 0.82 1.43 6.99 100.00 96.12 1.44 0.75 1.55 0.13 100.00 90.52 3.65 1.72 2.97 1.15 100.00 95.38 1.81 0.81 1.36 0.64 100.00 85.02 5.54 2.25 2.30 4.89 100.00 71.12 10.01 7.62 7.55 3.69 100.00 95.72 0.81 0.77 1.89 0.81 From 70 to 74 years old 100.00 83.60 4.00 1.83 1.62 8.95 100.00 94.67 2.43 1.43 1.30 0.17 100.00 87.10 5.12 3.34 2.93 1.51 100.00 93.96 3.28 0.96 1.33 0.47 100.00 78.23 7.23 4.70 3.28 6.56 100.00 60.92 13.39 9.91 10.85 4.93 100.00 92.91 3.12 1.04 2.27 0.67 From 75 to 79 years old 100.00 76.41 6.44 3.82 4.41 8.92 100.00 87.69 5.06 1.63 5.05 0.57 100.00 77.27 6.28 5.11 9.59 1.74 100.00 89.01 4.77 1.58 4.21 0.43 100.00 68.25 9.54 6.88 8.41 6.91 100.00 46.53 14.05 14.06 18.42 6.95 100.00 86.15 3.76 2.78 5.95 1.36 From 80 to 84 years old 100.00 66.24 7.40 5.00 11.04 10.31 100.00 80.04 6.14 4.71 8.10 1.01 100.00 63.98 8.15 7.87 16.77 3.23 100.00 80.02 6.11 4.03 9.31 0.53 100.00 54.73 13.58 9.75 14.99 6.95 100.00 32.02 15.06 16.73 29.53 6.66 100.00 77.48 5.03 3.64 11.90 1.95 Aged 85 years old and over 100.00 47.22 8.17 6.31 29.68 8.61 100.00 58.71 9.30 6.12 24.44 1.43 100.00 38.27 11.80 10.18 36.32 3.42 100.00 59.61 8.82 5.58 25.19 0.81 100.00 31.57 15.12 12.63 33.63 7.05 100.00 15.66 11.47 14.82 49.54 8.51 100.00 55.14 7.80 5.02 30.39 1.66 Men TOTAL 100.00 70.96 3.12 2.22 4.87 18.84 100.00 88.52 3.13 2.40 5.02 0.92 100.00 81.52 4.55 2.88 7.43 3.62 100.00 89.03 3.49 1.87 4.92 0.69 100.00 69.91 5.93 3.53 6.83 13.80 100.00 59.00 10.02 8.03 11.49 11.46 100.00 88.40 2.08 2.14 6.30 1.08 From 65 to 69 years old 100.00 81.61 0.91 0.24 1.86 15.38 100.00 95.55 0.96 1.14 2.06 0.29 100.00 91.92 1.93 0.73 3.08 2.33 100.00 95.54 1.18 0.98 1.85 0.46 100.00 83.86 2.34 0.77 2.43 10.60 100.00 78.08 5.17 4.16 5.00 7.59 100.00 96.63 0.11 0.39 2.17 0.70 From 70 to 74 years old 100.00 76.40 2.60 1.85 1.28 17.88 100.00 94.66 2.10 1.58 1.31 0.35 100.00 88.46 4.02 2.28 2.29 2.94 100.00 94.09 2.46 1.18 1.33 0.94 100.00 75.88 5.00 3.72 2.43 12.96 100.00 67.80 8.90 7.06 6.94 9.31 100.00 94.37 1.79 0.77 2.44 0.62 From 75 to 79 years old 100.00 69.02 4.60 3.04 2.81 20.54 100.00 89.43 3.41 1.21 4.63 1.31 100.00 81.93 5.03 2.97 6.40 3.67 100.00 90.24 4.21 1.28 3.34 0.93 100.00 69.37 5.07 3.60 6.05 15.91 100.00 54.44 10.91 8.90 11.82 13.94 100.00 88.00 2.45 3.02 4.87 1.66 From 80 to 84 years old 100.00 57.54 5.72 4.41 8.83 23.49 100.00 79.45 4.63 4.87 9.40 1.65 100.00 68.83 6.35 5.43 14.25 5.13 100.00 81.59 5.36 4.02 8.55 0.48 100.00 53.38 11.73 6.56 12.34 15.99 100.00 37.19 17.20 11.87 19.87 13.88 100.00 78.59 3.88 4.28 11.40 1.86 Aged 85 years old and over 100.00 51.21 4.24 4.04 19.35 21.16 100.00 66.14 8.89 6.26 16.36 2.36 100.00 54.04 9.55 6.37 23.56 6.48 100.00 67.84 8.37 3.89 19.29 0.62 100.00 42.04 11.08 6.17 22.80 17.91 100.00 24.52 14.29 13.97 27.60 19.62 100.00 66.37 4.91 5.72 21.89 1.12 Women TOTAL 100.00 79.31 6.95 3.66 9.42 0.65 100.00 84.97 4.97 2.50 7.31 0.25 100.00 71.46 7.68 6.41 13.70 0.75 100.00 84.55 5.01 2.40 7.57 0.47 100.00 66.79 11.88 8.44 12.41 0.48 100.00 43.63 14.50 14.71 25.88 1.28 100.00 82.05 4.63 2.33 9.72 1.27 From 65 to 69 years old 100.00 92.71 4.68 1.28 1.08 0.24 100.00 96.57 1.83 0.45 1.15 0.00 100.00 89.38 5.03 2.51 2.88 0.20 100.00 95.26 2.31 0.68 0.97 0.78 100.00 85.94 8.12 3.45 2.19 0.29 100.00 65.53 13.90 10.40 9.60 0.57 100.00 95.00 1.37 1.07 1.66 0.90 From 70 to 74 years old 100.00 90.75 5.38 1.82 1.96 0.09 100.00 94.68 2.75 1.28 1.29 0.00 100.00 85.74 6.21 4.39 3.56 0.09 100.00 93.82 4.09 0.74 1.34 0.00 100.00 80.56 9.43 5.68 4.12 0.21 100.00 54.10 17.85 12.74 14.73 0.58 100.00 91.45 4.43 1.30 2.09 0.72 From 75 to 79 years old 100.00 82.08 7.85 4.42 5.64 0.00 100.00 86.34 6.32 1.96 5.37 0.00 100.00 73.70 7.24 6.76 12.04 0.26 100.00 88.07 5.21 1.80 4.88 0.04 100.00 67.40 12.98 9.41 10.22 0.00 100.00 40.46 16.46 18.02 23.49 1.58 100.00 84.72 4.76 2.60 6.79 1.13 From 80 to 84 years old 100.00 71.98 8.51 5.39 12.50 1.61 100.00 80.43 7.13 4.60 7.25 0.59 100.00 60.77 9.33 9.48 18.44 1.98 100.00 78.99 6.61 4.03 9.81 0.56 100.00 55.62 14.80 11.86 16.74 0.98 100.00 28.60 13.64 19.95 35.91 1.90 100.00 76.74 5.80 3.23 12.23 2.01 Aged 85 years old and over 100.00 45.04 10.31 7.55 35.32 1.78 100.00 54.66 9.53 6.05 28.85 0.92 100.00 29.68 13.03 12.26 43.27 1.76 100.00 55.12 9.06 6.50 28.40 0.92 100.00 25.87 17.33 16.15 39.53 1.13 100.00 10.83 9.94 15.29 61.49 2.45 100.00 49.02 9.37 4.63 35.02 1.95 Notes: 1) Household activities considered: preparing meals, using the telephone, going shopping, taking medicines, domestic chores and money administration The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less 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