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

;Total;;;Sight;;;Hearing;;;Communication;;;Learning, applying knowledge and developing tasks;;;Mobility;;;Self care;;;Home life;;;Interpersonal interactions and relationships;;;
;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;519,3;160,7;358,7;461,2;150,4;310,8;595,7;254,2;341,5;548;223,4;324,6;1.751,4;559,8;1.191,6;1.534,2;541,7;992,4;1.687,4;491,5;1.195,9;507,4;221,5;285,9;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;534,9;230,4;304,5;151,5;56,5;95;138,6;52,2;86,4;236;98,6;137,4;217,6;86,8;130,7;495,3;206,9;288,4;498,9;211,8;287,1;470,5;185,8;284,7;210,1;90,4;119,7;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;207,4;80,4;127;56,7;15,6;41;50,2;15,1;35;98,6;39,6;59;96,5;39;57,5;175,3;61,4;114;186,2;69,7;116,5;175,6;60,7;115;90,3;39,8;50,5;
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;54,2;17,9;36,3;49,7;17,6;32,1;127,8;55,4;72,4;125,9;55,8;70,1;168,7;68,2;100,4;186,9;79,8;107,1;173,5;69;104,4;122,3;56,8;65,5;
They have other difficulties;196,1;75,9;120,2;61;20,9;40,1;47,1;16,1;31;93,7;37,5;56,2;88,2;35,5;52,7;174;64,1;109,9;177,2;69,3;107,9;174,5;62,2;112,4;89,3;37,6;51,7;
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have;198,4;74,3;124;58,7;18,1;40,6;48,5;15,3;33,2;94,2;36,7;57,5;91,9;35,5;56,4;173,1;58,9;114,2;178,9;64,1;114,8;169,7;56,2;113,5;90,1;37,6;52,5;
They have no difficulty;579,4;183,1;396,3;146,5;44,5;102;128,7;38,1;90,6;145,8;58,7;87;126,9;48,9;78;478,5;137;341,5;451;147;304;480,2;126,7;353,5;114,4;48,2;66,2;
No data recorded;730,8;207,9;522,9;155,7;39,8;115,8;141,6;42,5;99;105,2;50,4;54,8;98,2;43,6;54,7;583,4;153;430,4;376,3;108,6;267,7;535,8;115,7;420;81,9;39,5;42,4;
Notas:
A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 
 2) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 3) 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