Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Caregivers
C* Difficulties encountered by the main caregiver by gender and age of the person with a disability. Population six years and over with a disability that receives care.
Unidades: thousands of persons

	Total	Experiences special difficulty due to lack of physical strength	Has doubts about the best way of doing it	Thinks that the person they care for does not collaborate or resists when they help them with this task	Think that they need more specialised training to carry out the care provided	Has other difficulties	Has no difficulties	Not given	
Total	
    Total	2.120,6	588,6	316,2	275,9	359,6	238,6	822,9	410,3	
    From 6 to 44 years	262,9	67,7	48,9	46,3	56,4	36,4	95,7	49,7	
    From 45 to 64 years	392,6	91,2	56,5	39,3	59,5	38,7	162,4	81,2	
    From 65 to 79 years	511,2	150,2	72,9	60,2	77,7	57,6	201,9	98,2	
    80 or more years	953,9	279,4	137,8	130,1	166	105,9	362,9	181,2	
Man	
    Total	813,3	256,8	131,4	132	144,7	110,4	283,2	157,5	
    From 6 to 44 years	151,2	38,3	28,9	29,5	33,4	22,6	55,3	25,4	
    From 45 to 64 years	185,3	50,6	28,8	23,9	28,3	25,1	67,4	40,8	
    From 65 to 79 years	186,6	70	30,3	27	29,4	24,1	67,3	31,6	
    80 or more years	290,2	97,9	43,4	51,6	53,5	38,6	93,2	59,6	
Woman	
    Total	1.307,3	331,7	184,8	143,9	214,9	128,2	539,7	252,7	
    From 6 to 44 years	111,8	29,5	20	16,8	23	13,9	40,4	24,2	
    From 45 to 64 years	207,3	40,6	27,7	15,4	31,1	13,6	95	40,3	
    From 65 to 79 years	324,6	80,2	42,6	33,1	48,3	33,5	134,7	66,6	
    80 or more years	663,7	181,5	94,4	78,5	112,6	67,2	269,7	121,6	
Notas:
A caregiver may encounter more than one type of difficulty. 
 * Los datos correspondientes a celdas con menos de 5 mil personas han de ser tomados con precaución, ya que pueden estar afectados de elevados errores de muestreo.
Fuente: Instituto Nacional de Estadística