European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES
Level of difficulty according to the type of household activity by sex and social class based on the reference person's occupation. Population aged 65 years old and over.
Units: percentage

	Preparing meals						Use 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	
    I	100.00	83.08	3.52	2.77	3.82	6.81	100.00	92.91	1.57	1.67	3.62	0.22	100.00	84.96	4.59	2.96	6.19	1.29	100.00	91.78	2.55	1.51	3.56	0.60	100.00	75.31	7.79	3.86	6.42	6.62	100.00	59.76	14.80	8.03	9.64	7.78	100.00	92.40	2.08	0.74	3.84	0.93	
    II	100.00	77.56	3.38	2.42	8.48	8.16	100.00	90.55	1.77	1.08	6.49	0.10	100.00	81.32	3.50	3.11	11.23	0.84	100.00	87.32	4.04	1.99	6.26	0.39	100.00	73.14	8.04	6.31	8.18	4.34	100.00	58.58	12.22	7.33	16.57	5.31	100.00	87.04	2.68	1.62	8.51	0.15	
    III	100.00	78.51	4.68	3.56	5.61	7.64	100.00	89.01	3.01	2.01	5.86	0.10	100.00	79.83	5.69	4.26	8.93	1.29	100.00	89.16	2.77	2.32	5.32	0.43	100.00	72.54	7.36	5.11	8.57	6.41	100.00	54.02	12.83	9.99	17.04	6.11	100.00	88.18	1.72	2.60	6.27	1.23	
    IV	100.00	76.17	5.79	2.17	5.97	9.90	100.00	89.34	3.78	1.85	4.63	0.39	100.00	77.83	5.87	4.28	8.94	3.08	100.00	88.84	3.61	1.72	5.13	0.69	100.00	71.87	6.43	5.97	8.18	7.55	100.00	53.89	12.11	10.29	17.93	5.79	100.00	86.94	3.38	1.57	6.89	1.21	
    V	100.00	74.60	5.00	3.05	7.55	9.80	100.00	85.70	4.65	2.67	6.13	0.85	100.00	74.36	6.92	5.48	10.87	2.37	100.00	85.74	4.71	2.54	6.27	0.75	100.00	65.47	10.50	7.05	10.09	6.89	100.00	47.86	12.39	13.67	20.47	5.60	100.00	82.82	3.95	2.63	8.96	1.65	
    VI	100.00	68.51	7.14	3.71	12.60	8.04	100.00	77.54	6.46	4.30	10.69	1.00	100.00	66.04	7.38	6.17	18.44	1.97	100.00	79.12	7.27	2.14	11.13	0.34	100.00	59.04	12.81	6.92	16.16	5.08	100.00	39.04	12.12	14.82	28.70	5.31	100.00	78.14	5.22	3.16	12.76	0.72	
    No data recorded	100.00	78.20	9.38	3.30	7.94	1.18	100.00	82.75	8.62	2.16	6.47	0.00	100.00	68.76	10.92	7.53	12.12	0.67	100.00	86.02	4.69	1.94	7.35	0.00	100.00	66.66	11.49	10.34	10.92	0.59	100.00	47.63	11.41	14.49	25.39	1.08	100.00	82.67	7.03	0.96	8.75	0.59	
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	
    I	100.00	83.26	2.42	0.81	0.54	12.97	100.00	96.95	1.07	0.66	0.90	0.42	100.00	92.78	3.09	0.72	1.32	2.09	100.00	96.40	1.13	0.00	1.32	1.16	100.00	78.77	6.13	0.81	1.89	12.40	100.00	69.83	10.32	3.47	4.14	12.24	100.00	97.39	0.80	0.00	1.14	0.67	
    II	100.00	73.74	1.94	1.75	5.20	17.37	100.00	91.16	1.92	1.14	5.57	0.22	100.00	86.41	2.81	2.36	6.96	1.46	100.00	88.92	3.49	2.48	4.28	0.83	100.00	74.51	6.11	5.12	5.10	9.16	100.00	65.23	8.39	5.44	10.43	10.51	100.00	90.26	1.19	0.83	7.50	0.22	
    III	100.00	71.95	3.12	2.98	4.94	17.01	100.00	88.92	2.09	2.66	6.09	0.23	100.00	82.53	4.35	3.76	6.74	2.63	100.00	90.34	2.31	2.73	4.46	0.16	100.00	70.81	5.27	2.55	6.87	14.50	100.00	61.12	9.43	5.81	10.64	13.00	100.00	89.27	1.12	3.03	5.77	0.81	
    IV	100.00	68.82	3.58	1.86	5.24	20.51	100.00	91.56	2.51	1.96	3.79	0.17	100.00	81.08	4.06	2.00	7.45	5.42	100.00	91.56	1.82	1.67	4.95	0.00	100.00	72.06	3.10	2.89	6.64	15.31	100.00	60.31	10.35	7.25	11.33	10.78	100.00	90.15	2.29	1.34	5.78	0.44	
    V	100.00	69.99	3.01	2.32	4.44	20.25	100.00	88.04	3.96	2.03	4.60	1.37	100.00	80.11	5.79	3.30	7.22	3.58	100.00	88.96	3.46	2.14	4.32	1.11	100.00	68.18	6.80	4.15	6.58	14.29	100.00	57.60	9.76	10.25	11.94	10.45	100.00	87.48	2.26	2.40	6.28	1.57	
    VI	100.00	63.36	3.57	2.62	9.17	21.28	100.00	76.97	5.15	5.67	9.77	2.44	100.00	72.92	3.87	3.30	14.66	5.25	100.00	78.12	8.90	1.50	10.83	0.66	100.00	60.66	7.46	5.49	12.84	13.55	100.00	45.37	11.83	10.87	18.51	13.42	100.00	79.15	3.58	3.83	11.72	1.72	
    No data recorded	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	100.00	.	.	.	.	.	
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	
    I	100.00	82.89	4.69	4.86	7.34	0.21	100.00	88.59	2.12	2.76	6.54	0.00	100.00	76.59	6.21	5.36	11.41	0.43	100.00	86.84	4.08	3.13	5.95	0.00	100.00	71.60	9.57	7.13	11.27	0.43	100.00	48.97	19.59	12.91	15.53	3.00	100.00	87.06	3.45	1.54	6.73	1.21	
    II	100.00	80.87	4.63	3.00	11.32	0.18	100.00	90.03	1.64	1.03	7.30	0.00	100.00	76.90	4.10	3.76	14.94	0.30	100.00	85.93	4.51	1.57	7.98	0.00	100.00	71.94	9.71	7.34	10.85	0.16	100.00	52.81	15.54	8.96	21.90	0.80	100.00	84.25	3.97	2.30	9.38	0.09	
    III	100.00	83.65	5.90	4.02	6.14	0.29	100.00	89.09	3.73	1.50	5.68	0.00	100.00	77.71	6.75	4.66	10.65	0.24	100.00	88.24	3.14	2.00	5.99	0.64	100.00	73.90	8.99	7.12	9.90	0.08	100.00	48.46	15.50	13.27	22.05	0.71	100.00	87.33	2.20	2.27	6.66	1.55	
    IV	100.00	82.36	7.66	2.43	6.59	0.97	100.00	87.48	4.85	1.75	5.34	0.57	100.00	75.10	7.40	6.21	10.20	1.10	100.00	86.56	5.12	1.76	5.28	1.28	100.00	71.71	9.23	8.56	9.48	1.01	100.00	48.49	13.59	12.85	23.48	1.59	100.00	84.24	4.30	1.76	7.83	1.87	
    V	100.00	78.45	6.66	3.66	10.16	1.08	100.00	83.75	5.23	3.20	7.40	0.42	100.00	69.56	7.87	7.30	13.91	1.35	100.00	83.05	5.75	2.86	7.89	0.44	100.00	63.21	13.60	9.47	13.01	0.71	100.00	39.73	14.59	16.54	27.60	1.55	100.00	78.92	5.37	2.81	11.19	1.71	
    VI	100.00	71.60	9.29	4.36	14.66	0.08	100.00	77.88	7.26	3.48	11.25	0.13	100.00	61.91	9.48	7.89	20.72	0.00	100.00	79.71	6.30	2.53	11.31	0.15	100.00	58.07	16.01	7.77	18.15	0.00	100.00	35.24	12.29	17.20	34.83	0.44	100.00	77.53	6.21	2.75	13.38	0.13	
    No data recorded	100.00	78.63	8.90	2.99	8.44	1.04	100.00	82.80	8.54	1.77	6.88	0.00	100.00	68.38	10.98	7.04	12.89	0.71	100.00	86.28	3.84	2.07	7.81	0.00	100.00	66.15	11.14	11.00	11.09	0.62	100.00	46.03	11.57	14.78	26.48	1.14	100.00	82.72	6.33	1.02	9.30	0.62	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) Household activities considered: preparing meals, using the telephone, going shopping, taking  medicines, domestic chores and money administration I - Directors and managers of establishments with 10 or more wage earners and professionals traditionally associated with university graduate degrees.
 II. Directors and managers of establishments with less than 10 wage earners, professionals traditionally associated with university degrees and other technical support professionals. Athletes and artists.
 III. Intermediate occupations and self-employed workers.
 IV - Supervisors and workers in skilled technical occupations.
 V - Skilled primary sector workers and other semi-skilled workers.
 VI. Non-skilled workers.

 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