European Health Survey LIMITATIONS IN HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES Level of difficulty depending on the type of housework by sex, age group, and educational level. Population aged 65 years old and over. Units: thousands of persons ,Preparing meals,,,,,,Using the telephone,,,,,,Carry out shopping,,,,,,Taking and administrating medicines,,,,,,Light housework (cleaning, doing laundry...),,,,,,Heavy housework (moving furniture, carrying groceries...),,,,,,Administrating household economy,,,,,, ,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it,TOTAL,Without difficulty,With Enough difficulty,With a great deal of difficulty,Unable to do so,Haven't tried it or needed it, Both sexes, TOTAL, TOTAL,8,220.3,6,221.2,434.3,249.3,611.8,703.6,8,220.3,7,112.0,342.6,202.0,519.2,44.7,8,220.3,6,234.2,519.1,400.8,902.2,164.0,8,220.3,7,110.4,357.2,178.3,527.8,46.6,8,220.3,5,601.9,763.8,518.5,820.7,515.5,8,220.3,4,135.8,1,031.8,970.4,1,613.1,469.2,8,220.3,6,971.8,289.4,184.8,677.1,97.2, Basic and inferior,6,743.8,4,958.7,396.0,224.3,576.3,588.5,6,743.8,5,705.1,321.2,187.6,487.4,42.6,6,743.8,4,905.3,474.1,364.0,849.2,151.1,6,743.8,5,710.0,329.2,165.5,497.7,41.4,6,743.8,4,404.8,669.6,465.8,776.7,427.0,6,743.8,3,137.5,857.6,863.2,1,508.3,377.1,6,743.8,5,578.9,269.6,170.3,638.2,86.8, Medium,619.5,537.8,15.5,12.8,17.8,35.6,619.5,588.6,10.7,6.9,13.3,0.0,619.5,553.4,24.3,15.5,22.8,3.6,619.5,581.8,18.0,3.7,14.4,1.6,619.5,503.6,43.5,26.4,20.1,25.9,619.5,404.1,70.7,54.6,51.5,38.7,619.5,576.6,11.0,11.5,14.2,6.2, Upper,857.0,724.7,22.8,12.3,17.7,79.5,857.0,818.3,10.7,7.4,18.5,2.1,857.0,775.5,20.7,21.2,30.2,9.3,857.0,818.6,10.0,9.1,15.7,3.6,857.0,693.6,50.7,26.3,23.9,62.6,857.0,594.2,103.5,52.6,53.3,53.4,857.0,816.3,8.7,3.0,24.7,4.3, From 65 to 74 years old, TOTAL,4,255.2,3,656.5,146.5,53.8,64.4,334.1,4,255.2,4,062.8,79.9,44.8,61.3,6.4,4,255.2,3,787.4,182.9,103.6,125.6,55.7,4,255.2,4,032.0,104.5,37.4,57.4,24.0,4,255.2,3,490.2,267.5,142.0,116.1,239.4,4,255.2,2,834.7,489.5,367.4,383.3,180.4,4,255.2,4,020.3,77.9,37.7,87.4,31.9, Basic and inferior,3,214.5,2,717.5,130.3,47.6,58.7,260.4,3,214.5,3,036.9,76.3,41.4,55.6,4.3,3,214.5,2,795.0,169.0,89.8,112.7,48.0,3,214.5,3,011.9,101.2,33.0,49.4,19.1,3,214.5,2,560.3,232.8,126.8,106.6,188.0,3,214.5,2,010.0,400.5,327.2,347.3,129.5,3,214.5,2,997.2,74.4,34.5,78.6,29.8, Medium,444.0,405.1,6.9,1.9,0.8,29.3,444.0,441.5,0.6,1.1,0.8,0.0,444.0,424.8,9.7,5.8,2.1,1.5,444.0,438.3,2.3,1.1,1.1,1.3,444.0,395.8,19.0,5.4,1.9,21.8,444.0,343.8,45.3,19.0,14.5,21.5,444.0,436.1,2.3,2.2,1.9,1.5, Upper,596.7,533.9,9.3,4.3,4.8,44.4,596.7,584.4,3.0,2.3,4.9,2.1,596.7,567.6,4.3,8.0,10.8,6.1,596.7,581.8,1.1,3.3,6.9,3.6,596.7,534.1,15.7,9.8,7.6,29.5,596.7,480.9,43.7,21.2,21.5,29.4,596.7,587.0,1.2,1.0,6.9,0.5, From 75 to 84 years old, TOTAL,2,855.1,2,040.6,197.2,125.4,217.9,273.9,2,855.1,2,397.5,159.4,89.3,186.5,22.4,2,855.1,2,021.9,205.2,184.2,373.4,70.4,2,855.1,2,416.7,154.8,79.0,190.9,13.6,2,855.1,1,761.3,328.4,236.3,331.2,197.9,2,855.1,1,127.3,415.0,438.5,679.9,194.4,2,855.1,2,339.4,125.0,91.4,252.3,47.0, Basic and inferior,2,519.4,1,773.5,179.3,112.4,215.9,238.3,2,519.4,2,084.5,149.1,81.6,181.7,22.4,2,519.4,1,736.3,186.6,165.0,364.5,67.0,2,519.4,2,102.3,141.9,72.7,189.2,13.3,2,519.4,1,537.9,278.8,208.1,327.1,167.5,2,519.4,979.1,342.7,386.5,647.6,163.6,2,519.4,2,033.2,116.3,87.4,243.9,38.6, Medium,119.5,98.4,7.5,5.9,1.3,6.3,119.5,110.1,4.5,3.5,1.4,0.0,119.5,99.7,8.2,7.4,3.3,0.9,119.5,108.7,7.3,2.7,0.5,0.3,119.5,79.0,18.5,17.6,0.8,3.6,119.5,48.2,17.0,27.9,16.1,10.2,119.5,106.2,3.3,4.0,1.3,4.6, Upper,216.2,168.7,10.3,7.1,0.7,29.3,216.2,202.9,5.8,4.1,3.4,0.0,216.2,185.9,10.4,11.8,5.6,2.5,216.2,205.7,5.6,3.7,1.2,0.0,216.2,144.4,31.1,10.6,3.3,26.7,216.2,100.0,55.3,24.1,16.2,20.6,216.2,200.0,5.3,0.0,7.1,3.7, Aged 85 years old and over, TOTAL,1,110.1,524.2,90.7,70.1,329.5,95.6,1,110.1,651.7,103.3,67.9,271.3,15.9,1,110.1,424.9,131.0,113.0,403.2,38.0,1,110.1,661.7,97.9,61.9,279.6,9.0,1,110.1,350.5,167.9,140.2,373.3,78.2,1,110.1,173.8,127.4,164.5,549.9,94.5,1,110.1,612.1,86.6,55.7,337.3,18.4, Basic and inferior,1,009.9,467.7,86.4,64.2,301.8,89.8,1,009.9,583.7,95.8,64.5,250.0,15.9,1,009.9,374.0,118.6,109.2,372.0,36.1,1,009.9,595.8,86.2,59.8,259.1,9.0,1,009.9,306.6,158.0,130.9,343.0,71.4,1,009.9,148.4,114.5,149.6,513.4,84.1,1,009.9,548.5,79.0,48.4,315.6,18.4, Medium,56.0,34.3,1.1,4.9,15.7,0.0,56.0,37.0,5.7,2.3,11.1,0.0,56.0,28.9,6.4,2.3,17.3,1.1,56.0,34.8,8.4,0.0,12.9,0.0,56.0,28.8,6.0,3.4,17.3,0.5,56.0,12.0,8.4,7.7,21.0,7.0,56.0,34.3,5.4,5.3,11.0,0.0, Upper,44.2,22.2,3.2,0.9,12.1,5.8,44.2,31.0,1.9,1.1,10.2,0.0,44.2,22.0,6.0,1.5,13.9,0.8,44.2,31.1,3.3,2.1,7.6,0.0,44.2,15.1,3.8,5.9,13.0,6.3,44.2,13.4,4.5,7.3,15.5,3.4,44.2,29.3,2.2,2.0,10.7,0.0, Men, TOTAL, TOTAL,3,575.1,2,536.8,111.5,79.4,174.0,673.4,3,575.1,3,164.8,111.9,85.9,179.4,33.1,3,575.1,2,914.6,162.6,102.9,265.7,129.3,3,575.1,3,182.9,124.6,66.9,176.0,24.6,3,575.1,2,499.3,212.0,126.2,244.3,493.3,3,575.1,2,109.3,358.3,287.0,410.9,409.6,3,575.1,3,160.5,74.2,76.5,225.4,38.5, Basic and inferior,2,695.7,1,819.8,91.7,64.9,159.2,560.2,2,695.7,2,329.4,98.7,75.7,160.9,31.0,2,695.7,2,111.8,141.0,84.4,239.7,118.8,2,695.7,2,351.0,105.2,59.1,160.6,19.8,2,695.7,1,790.7,172.7,101.8,224.0,406.5,2,695.7,1,480.1,279.3,242.9,364.0,329.4,2,695.7,2,331.1,63.9,68.8,199.6,32.3, Medium,332.3,275.4,6.9,7.3,7.1,35.6,332.3,312.8,8.3,5.2,6.0,0.0,332.3,297.1,15.0,8.1,9.6,2.5,332.3,311.5,11.8,2.0,5.7,1.3,332.3,267.4,18.1,12.7,8.5,25.5,332.3,229.1,28.1,21.7,22.4,31.0,332.3,308.8,6.6,5.7,7.1,4.1, Upper,547.1,441.7,12.9,7.2,7.8,77.5,547.1,522.6,4.9,5.0,12.5,2.1,547.1,505.7,6.6,10.5,16.4,8.0,547.1,520.4,7.6,5.8,9.7,3.6,547.1,441.2,21.2,11.7,11.8,61.2,547.1,400.1,50.9,22.5,24.4,49.2,547.1,520.5,3.8,2.0,18.7,2.1, From 65 to 74 years old, TOTAL,1,994.3,1,578.8,34.0,19.8,31.6,330.1,1,994.3,1,897.3,29.8,26.8,34.0,6.4,1,994.3,1,800.8,58.1,29.1,54.0,52.2,1,994.3,1,891.8,35.5,21.4,32.0,13.6,1,994.3,1,597.8,71.6,42.9,48.4,233.5,1,994.3,1,460.9,138.0,110.1,117.9,167.4,1,994.3,1,905.9,18.0,11.3,45.8,13.2, Basic and inferior,1,352.8,1,019.7,27.8,17.0,30.8,257.6,1,352.8,1,263.7,27.2,26.8,30.9,4.3,1,352.8,1,185.7,50.2,24.2,47.6,45.2,1,352.8,1,261.4,34.4,21.4,26.9,8.8,1,352.8,1,031.5,56.1,38.1,44.0,183.1,1,352.8,938.0,101.5,92.4,102.7,118.3,1,352.8,1,270.1,18.0,11.3,40.7,12.7, Medium,253.7,221.5,1.3,0.9,0.8,29.3,253.7,252.3,0.6,0.0,0.8,0.0,253.7,242.5,6.0,2.9,0.8,1.5,253.7,251.6,0.0,0.0,0.8,1.3,253.7,219.8,7.9,3.6,1.1,21.4,253.7,198.8,15.7,9.4,9.6,20.3,253.7,252.9,0.0,0.0,0.8,0.0, Upper,387.7,337.6,4.9,2.0,0.0,43.2,387.7,381.3,2.0,0.0,2.3,2.1,387.7,372.6,1.9,2.0,5.6,5.5,387.7,378.7,1.1,0.0,4.3,3.6,387.7,346.6,7.6,1.3,3.3,28.9,387.7,324.2,20.8,8.4,5.6,28.8,387.7,382.9,0.0,0.0,4.3,0.5, From 75 to 84 years old, TOTAL,1,189.3,757.6,60.9,43.7,66.6,260.5,1,189.3,1,008.6,47.3,34.6,81.4,17.5,1,189.3,902.1,67.1,48.9,119.4,51.7,1,189.3,1,025.5,56.4,30.4,68.4,8.6,1,189.3,736.9,97.0,59.1,106.6,189.7,1,189.3,552.3,164.4,122.2,184.9,165.4,1,189.3,994.7,37.0,42.8,93.9,20.9, Basic and inferior,1,004.1,624.8,51.4,37.4,65.6,224.8,1,004.1,838.7,42.6,27.6,77.8,17.5,1,004.1,742.4,59.9,38.5,115.0,48.3,1,004.1,854.0,48.4,24.7,68.4,8.6,1,004.1,614.5,79.5,45.0,105.8,159.3,1,004.1,462.8,127.7,104.4,171.0,138.2,1,004.1,830.2,32.1,39.4,87.1,15.2, Medium,51.2,37.6,4.5,2.0,0.8,6.3,51.2,44.1,2.8,2.9,1.4,0.0,51.2,41.6,3.6,2.9,2.2,0.9,51.2,45.7,3.5,2.0,0.0,0.0,51.2,36.2,4.9,5.7,0.8,3.6,51.2,23.3,7.4,6.8,3.6,10.2,51.2,41.7,1.2,3.4,0.8,4.1, Upper,134.0,95.2,5.0,4.2,0.2,29.3,134.0,125.8,1.9,4.1,2.2,0.0,134.0,118.1,3.6,7.5,2.2,2.5,134.0,125.8,4.5,3.7,0.0,0.0,134.0,86.2,12.6,8.4,0.0,26.7,134.0,66.3,29.3,11.1,10.3,17.0,134.0,122.7,3.8,0.0,5.9,1.6, Aged 85 years old and over, TOTAL,391.5,200.5,16.6,15.8,75.8,82.8,391.5,258.9,34.8,24.5,64.0,9.2,391.5,211.6,37.4,24.9,92.2,25.4,391.5,265.6,32.8,15.2,75.5,2.4,391.5,164.6,43.4,24.2,89.3,70.1,391.5,96.0,55.9,54.7,108.0,76.8,391.5,259.9,19.2,22.4,85.7,4.4, Basic and inferior,338.8,175.3,12.5,10.5,62.8,77.8,338.8,227.1,28.9,21.3,52.3,9.2,338.8,183.6,31.0,21.7,77.1,25.4,338.8,235.6,22.4,13.1,65.3,2.4,338.8,144.7,37.0,18.8,74.2,64.1,338.8,79.3,50.1,46.1,90.4,73.0,338.8,230.8,13.8,18.1,71.8,4.4, Medium,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,.,27.3,.,.,.,.,., Upper,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,.,25.4,.,.,.,.,., Women, TOTAL, TOTAL,4,645.3,3,684.4,322.9,170.0,437.8,30.3,4,645.3,3,947.2,230.7,116.1,339.7,11.6,4,645.3,3,319.6,356.5,297.9,636.5,34.7,4,645.3,3,927.5,232.6,111.3,351.9,22.0,4,645.3,3,102.6,551.8,392.3,576.4,22.2,4,645.3,2,026.5,673.5,683.4,1,202.2,59.6,4,645.3,3,811.3,215.2,108.3,451.7,58.8, Basic and inferior,4,048.1,3,138.9,304.3,159.4,417.2,28.3,4,048.1,3,375.6,222.5,111.9,326.4,11.6,4,048.1,2,793.5,333.1,279.7,609.5,32.3,4,048.1,3,359.0,224.1,106.4,337.1,21.6,4,048.1,2,614.1,496.9,364.0,552.7,20.5,4,048.1,1,657.4,578.3,620.4,1,144.3,47.7,4,048.1,3,247.8,205.7,101.4,438.6,54.6, Medium,287.2,262.4,8.7,5.5,10.7,0.0,287.2,275.9,2.4,1.7,7.2,0.0,287.2,256.3,9.3,7.4,13.1,1.1,287.2,270.3,6.1,1.7,8.8,0.3,287.2,236.2,25.4,13.7,11.5,0.4,287.2,175.0,42.6,32.8,29.1,7.8,287.2,267.8,4.5,5.8,7.1,2.0, Upper,309.9,283.0,9.9,5.1,9.9,2.0,309.9,295.7,5.7,2.5,6.0,0.0,309.9,269.8,14.1,10.8,13.9,1.3,309.9,298.2,2.4,3.3,6.0,0.0,309.9,252.3,29.5,14.6,12.1,1.3,309.9,194.1,52.6,30.2,28.8,4.2,309.9,295.8,5.0,1.0,6.0,2.2, From 65 to 74 years old, TOTAL,2,260.9,2,077.7,112.5,34.0,32.7,4.0,2,260.9,2,165.5,50.1,18.0,27.3,0.0,2,260.9,1,986.6,124.8,74.5,71.6,3.4,2,260.9,2,140.2,69.0,16.0,25.4,10.3,2,260.9,1,892.4,195.9,99.0,67.7,5.9,2,260.9,1,373.8,351.5,257.2,265.4,13.0,2,260.9,2,114.4,59.9,26.4,41.6,18.6, Basic and inferior,1,861.7,1,697.8,102.5,30.6,27.9,2.8,1,861.7,1,773.3,49.1,14.6,24.7,0.0,1,861.7,1,609.3,118.8,65.6,65.1,2.8,1,861.7,1,750.5,66.8,11.7,22.5,10.3,1,861.7,1,528.9,176.6,88.7,62.6,4.9,1,861.7,1,072.0,299.0,234.8,244.7,11.2,1,861.7,1,727.1,56.4,23.2,37.9,17.1, Medium,190.3,183.6,5.6,1.1,0.0,0.0,190.3,189.2,0.0,1.1,0.0,0.0,190.3,182.3,3.7,2.9,1.3,0.0,190.3,186.6,2.3,1.1,0.3,0.0,190.3,176.1,11.2,1.8,0.9,0.4,190.3,145.0,29.5,9.6,4.8,1.2,190.3,183.2,2.3,2.2,1.1,1.5, Upper,209.0,196.3,4.4,2.3,4.8,1.2,209.0,203.1,1.0,2.3,2.6,0.0,209.0,195.0,2.4,5.9,5.1,0.6,209.0,203.1,0.0,3.3,2.6,0.0,209.0,187.5,8.2,8.5,4.2,0.6,209.0,156.7,22.9,12.8,15.9,0.6,209.0,204.2,1.2,1.0,2.6,0.0, From 75 to 84 years old, TOTAL,1,665.8,1,283.0,136.3,81.7,151.3,13.5,1,665.8,1,388.9,112.1,54.7,105.1,5.0,1,665.8,1,119.8,138.1,135.3,254.0,18.7,1,665.8,1,391.2,98.4,48.7,122.4,5.0,1,665.8,1,024.4,231.4,177.2,224.6,8.2,1,665.8,575.0,250.6,316.3,495.0,29.0,1,665.8,1,344.7,87.9,48.6,158.5,26.1, Basic and inferior,1,515.3,1,148.7,127.9,75.0,150.3,13.5,1,515.3,1,245.8,106.5,54.1,104.0,5.0,1,515.3,993.8,126.7,126.5,249.5,18.7,1,515.3,1,248.3,93.5,48.0,120.8,4.7,1,515.3,923.4,199.3,163.1,221.3,8.2,1,515.3,516.3,214.9,282.1,476.6,25.4,1,515.3,1,203.0,84.2,47.9,156.8,23.4, Medium,68.3,60.8,3.0,3.9,0.5,0.0,68.3,66.0,1.6,0.6,0.0,0.0,68.3,58.1,4.6,4.5,1.1,0.0,68.3,63.0,3.8,0.6,0.5,0.3,68.3,42.8,13.5,11.9,0.0,0.0,68.3,25.0,9.7,21.1,12.5,0.0,68.3,64.5,2.2,0.6,0.5,0.5, Upper,82.2,73.5,5.3,2.8,0.5,0.0,82.2,77.1,3.9,0.0,1.2,0.0,82.2,67.9,6.8,4.2,3.3,0.0,82.2,79.9,1.1,0.0,1.2,0.0,82.2,58.1,18.5,2.2,3.3,0.0,82.2,33.7,26.0,13.1,5.8,3.6,82.2,77.3,1.6,0.0,1.2,2.2, Aged 85 years old and over, TOTAL,718.5,323.7,74.1,54.3,253.8,12.8,718.5,392.7,68.5,43.4,207.3,6.6,718.5,213.3,93.6,88.1,310.9,12.6,718.5,396.1,65.1,46.7,204.1,6.6,718.5,185.9,124.5,116.0,284.0,8.1,718.5,77.8,71.4,109.8,441.9,17.6,718.5,352.3,67.3,33.3,251.6,14.0, Basic and inferior,671.1,292.4,73.9,53.8,239.0,12.0,671.1,356.6,66.9,43.3,197.8,6.6,671.1,190.4,87.6,87.5,294.9,10.8,671.1,360.2,63.8,46.7,193.8,6.6,671.1,161.8,121.0,112.2,268.8,7.3,671.1,69.1,64.4,103.5,423.0,11.1,671.1,317.7,65.2,30.3,243.9,14.0, Medium,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,.,28.7,.,.,.,.,., Upper,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,.,18.8,.,.,.,.,., Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) Housework considered: preparing meals, using the telephone, shopping, taking medicines, housework, and money management The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which are not collected for this classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, since they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error Source: National Statistics Institute