Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, and their relation with the person with disabilities, by the sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

,Total,,,Spouse or partner,,,Daughter,,,Son,,,Sister,,,Brother,,,Mother,,,Father,,,Another relative,,,Employee,,,Friend and neighbours,,,Social services (Public Administrations, NGO),,,Other persons,,,No data recorded,,,
,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,
Total,2,088.1,710.6,1,377.6,448.8,237.6,211.2,473.0,91.2,381.9,115.9,25.2,90.8,58.8,26.9,31.9,10.8,5.8,5.0,168.5,101.2,67.3,18.1,12.7,5.4,136.8,32.6,104.2,132.9,30.1,102.8,7.8,2.3,5.5,38.4,5.3,33.1,13.2,4.3,8.9,465.2,135.5,329.7,
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength,534.9,230.4,304.5,175.1,119.2,56.0,178.6,34.2,144.4,20.7,5.2,15.5,20.9,8.5,12.3,4.2,2.1,2.2,65.7,41.9,23.8,4.6,3.5,1.1,46.4,11.4,35.0,13.7,3.5,10.1,0.8,0.1,0.8,2.3,0.3,2.0,1.9,0.7,1.2,0.2,0.0,0.2,
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so,207.4,80.4,127.0,57.0,30.8,26.3,63.0,13.4,49.6,13.4,2.3,11.1,6.3,2.4,3.9,2.0,1.3,0.7,32.6,21.3,11.3,4.1,2.3,1.8,18.6,3.9,14.8,8.6,2.4,6.2,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.8,0.1,0.7,0.9,0.1,0.7,0.2,0.0,0.2,
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task,201.0,88.9,112.1,45.7,33.5,12.2,63.0,13.4,49.6,12.4,4.2,8.2,8.5,4.4,4.0,0.9,0.9,0.1,32.3,21.9,10.4,3.6,2.3,1.3,22.1,6.1,16.0,10.2,1.9,8.3,0.2,0.0,0.2,1.4,0.3,1.1,0.4,0.0,0.4,0.2,0.0,0.2,
They have other difficulties,196.1,75.9,120.2,57.9,32.8,25.1,59.9,13.4,46.5,15.0,2.7,12.4,7.4,3.5,3.8,1.5,0.7,0.8,31.9,17.2,14.6,3.7,2.4,1.4,13.0,2.4,10.7,4.3,0.5,3.8,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.7,0.1,0.6,0.8,0.2,0.6,0.0,0.0,0.0,
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have,198.4,74.3,124.0,51.6,27.1,24.5,57.2,12.2,45.0,16.9,3.9,13.0,7.4,2.9,4.5,2.1,0.8,1.2,31.0,19.2,11.9,2.6,2.0,0.6,19.0,3.7,15.3,9.1,2.5,6.7,0.4,0.0,0.4,0.5,0.1,0.4,0.5,0.0,0.5,0.0,0.0,0.0,
They have no difficulty,579.4,183.1,396.3,150.6,65.2,85.4,168.9,32.1,136.9,49.5,9.4,40.1,20.9,11.1,9.8,3.6,2.0,1.6,45.6,25.4,20.3,5.8,3.8,2.0,49.1,12.4,36.7,65.8,17.5,48.2,2.5,0.5,2.0,11.8,2.1,9.7,5.2,1.6,3.5,0.0,0.0,0.0,
No data recorded,730.8,207.9,522.9,68.2,27.0,41.2,63.5,12.4,51.1,19.5,4.3,15.2,8.0,2.6,5.4,0.8,0.5,0.3,15.4,8.1,7.3,2.6,2.4,0.2,18.2,3.4,14.8,37.5,5.8,31.7,4.2,1.7,2.5,22.8,2.5,20.3,5.1,1.8,3.3,465.0,135.5,329.6,
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