Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Employment and Education. National results: Absolute figures Population with disabilities that is seeking employment, according to the search method in the last four weeks, by group of disability and sex Units: thousands of persons 16 years old and over 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 137.0 65.0 72.0 28.0 13.6 14.4 26.3 13.1 13.2 17.7 11.8 5.9 12.6 8.0 4.6 74.5 32.3 42.3 35.0 16.0 19.1 48.7 16.2 32.5 24.9 14.4 10.5 They are registered with a public employment service 85.9 37.8 48.0 16.8 8.0 8.7 13.8 5.4 8.4 10.9 7.2 3.7 10.1 6.8 3.4 50.5 21.2 29.2 23.0 9.7 13.3 33.1 10.6 22.5 14.9 8.0 6.9 They are registered with a private employment office 13.0 6.5 6.5 2.3 1.3 1.0 2.1 1.0 1.1 2.9 1.8 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.2 6.9 3.4 3.6 3.3 1.9 1.5 4.6 2.0 2.6 2.9 1.7 1.2 They have contacted businesspersons 35.0 17.3 17.7 8.6 4.1 4.5 5.7 3.2 2.4 4.6 3.0 1.7 2.3 1.7 0.6 20.0 9.8 10.2 7.7 4.3 3.4 11.5 4.3 7.2 5.5 2.5 2.9 They are using personal relations 42.7 20.2 22.4 11.3 5.1 6.2 8.8 4.4 4.3 6.1 4.1 2.0 3.7 2.4 1.3 22.8 9.5 13.3 10.7 4.9 5.8 14.3 4.6 9.6 9.0 4.7 4.3 Through the Press 17.8 7.1 10.7 3.4 1.7 1.7 4.2 2.6 1.6 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.8 9.3 2.4 6.9 2.9 0.8 2.2 6.8 1.0 5.8 2.4 0.8 1.7 Has made efforts to set him or herself up on his/her own (land search, administration of licenses...) 2.9 1.3 1.7 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 1.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.6 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.1 Preparing for or taking public exams 8.1 4.1 4.1 2.7 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.1 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.0 3.9 1.3 2.5 1.6 0.5 1.1 2.4 0.3 2.1 1.3 1.3 0.0 They are waiting on the results of previous applications 9.6 5.0 4.6 2.1 0.5 1.6 1.2 0.9 0.3 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.4 4.8 2.7 2.1 2.5 0.7 1.8 3.4 1.5 1.9 3.2 2.4 0.8 They are waiting for a call from the Public Employment Office 13.6 7.0 6.6 3.1 1.1 2.0 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.5 1.4 0.1 1.5 1.3 0.2 7.3 3.4 4.0 3.9 2.3 1.6 5.6 3.5 2.1 3.5 2.6 1.0 Other methods 27.7 13.8 14.0 6.5 3.9 2.6 8.4 3.8 4.7 3.8 1.9 1.9 1.6 0.5 1.1 12.0 5.0 6.9 5.6 2.4 3.1 7.7 3.3 4.3 4.7 2.7 1.9 They have not used any method 5.4 2.6 2.7 1.3 0.4 0.9 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 2.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.1 No data recorded 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 Notes: 1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 2) A person may have sought employment by more than one method 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. Source: National Statistics Institute