Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Employment and Education. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities that is not seeking employment, according to the reason why they are not, by age and sex
Units: thousands of persons 16 years old and over

	Total			16 to 64 years old			16 to 24 years old			25 to 44 years old			45 to 64 years old			65 years old and over			
	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	2,832.5	1,029.8	1,802.7	851.2	366.1	485.2	46.2	28.2	18.0	196.4	100.9	95.5	608.6	236.9	371.7	1,981.2	663.7	1,317.5	
They have disabilities and believe that it will be very difficult to find work	307.1	132.8	174.2	204.0	99.4	104.5	11.8	7.6	4.2	59.0	31.9	27.0	133.2	59.9	73.3	103.1	33.4	69.7	
They cannot work	1,270.5	442.7	827.7	534.8	233.7	301.1	18.0	11.1	6.8	129.7	69.8	59.9	387.1	152.8	234.3	735.7	209.0	526.7	
They believe that they will not find work, not ever having sought it before	23.0	7.5	15.5	17.5	7.0	10.5	1.8	1.2	0.6	5.9	3.3	2.7	9.8	2.5	7.3	5.5	0.5	5.0	
They believe that they will not find work, having sought it before	14.7	5.6	9.1	14.4	5.6	8.8	0.5	0.0	0.5	4.2	2.0	2.2	9.7	3.6	6.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	
They do not believe that there will be any work available	14.4	5.0	9.4	11.9	4.4	7.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	3.9	1.7	2.2	7.4	2.4	5.0	2.5	0.7	1.8	
They are affected by an employment regulation process	9.1	4.1	5.0	2.9	1.8	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	2.5	1.6	0.9	6.2	2.3	3.9	
They do not know where to look to find work	5.6	2.4	3.2	5.5	2.4	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	2.7	1.3	1.4	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.1	
They are waiting for a season with more activity	3.7	0.6	3.1	2.4	0.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.6	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.3	0.0	1.3	
They are waiting on the results of previous applications	2.2	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	
They are waiting to begin their freelance activity again	1.6	0.2	1.4	1.5	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.0	
Due to family or personal reasons	110.0	13.8	96.2	71.5	8.8	62.7	1.1	0.4	0.6	18.5	3.0	15.5	52.0	5.4	46.6	38.5	5.0	33.5	
They are undertaking studies or receiving training	22.2	13.5	8.7	22.0	13.5	8.5	17.8	10.9	6.9	4.1	2.5	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	
They receive economic benefits	117.5	45.1	72.4	59.0	30.2	28.7	1.2	0.4	0.8	13.3	8.6	4.6	44.5	21.2	23.3	58.5	14.9	43.7	
Due to retirement	1,458.4	633.0	825.4	92.6	57.3	35.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.1	3.7	2.5	86.5	53.6	32.8	1,365.8	575.7	790.1	
They do not need to work	146.4	30.7	115.8	38.5	8.5	30.0	0.7	0.5	0.2	4.3	2.1	2.2	33.5	5.9	27.6	107.9	22.2	85.8	
Other causes	366.4	60.3	306.1	99.8	33.6	66.2	4.9	3.1	1.8	28.4	12.9	15.6	66.5	17.7	48.8	266.6	26.7	239.9	
No data recorded	60.5	20.1	40.3	20.9	10.2	10.8	1.5	1.3	0.2	2.9	1.6	1.3	16.5	7.3	9.2	39.5	10.0	29.5	
Notes:
1) A person may not have sought employment for more than one reason 
   
 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