Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, by age and sex of the person with disabilities 
Unidades: thousands of persons

	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	2.088,1	710,6	1.377,6	687,8	305,1	382,8	643,4	212,4	431	756,9	193,2	563,7	
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength	534,9	230,4	304,5	141,4	88,8	52,6	151,8	72,5	79,3	241,7	69,1	172,6	
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so	207,4	80,4	127	71	40,6	30,4	52,8	20	32,8	83,7	19,8	63,9	
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task	201	88,9	112,1	59,3	38,6	20,7	51,2	25,9	25,3	90,5	24,3	66,2	
They have other difficulties	196,1	75,9	120,2	62,5	32,9	29,6	52,2	20	32,2	81,4	23	58,4	
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have	198,4	74,3	124	65,9	36,4	29,5	51,3	18,4	32,9	81,2	19,6	61,6	
They have no difficulty	579,4	183,1	396,3	161,7	71,1	90,5	182,2	53,5	128,8	235,5	58,5	177	
No data recorded	730,8	207,9	522,9	294,9	97,7	197,3	249,9	66,4	183,5	186	43,9	142,2	
Notas:
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. 
Fuente: National Statistics Institute