Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, by age and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care

;Total;;;6 to 64 years old;;;65 to 79 years old;;;80 years old and over;;;
;Both sexes;Males;Females;Both sexes;Males;Females;Both sexes;Males;Females;Both sexes;Males;Females;
Total;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;39.41;45.84;35.63;35.98;42.82;28.34;38.58;49.68;32.03;42.34;46.28;40.95;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;15.28;15.99;14.87;18.06;19.58;16.36;13.42;13.67;13.26;14.66;13.27;15.15;
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task;14.81;17.68;13.12;15.10;18.63;11.15;13.02;17.77;10.22;15.85;16.28;15.69;
They have other difficulties;14.45;15.11;14.06;15.89;15.86;15.93;13.27;13.70;13.02;14.26;15.43;13.85;
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have;14.62;14.79;14.51;16.78;17.55;15.92;13.03;12.58;13.29;14.22;13.11;14.61;
They have no difficulty;42.69;36.42;46.38;41.14;34.29;48.80;46.31;36.64;52.01;41.26;39.16;42.00;
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