Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Employment and Education. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities who work or have worked, according to the means of familiarising themselves with their job, by age and sex Units: percentage 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 Working Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Via a public employment service (INEM) 4.30 4.32 4.27 4.35 4.36 4.33 2.41 0.00 6.58 5.70 5.82 5.52 3.36 3.34 3.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 Aimed directly at the company 22.49 22.20 22.83 22.48 22.03 23.04 14.94 11.60 20.71 23.24 23.05 23.50 22.29 21.83 22.81 23.13 40.61 8.81 The company got in touch with her/him 5.43 5.89 4.86 5.48 5.91 4.93 7.21 8.62 4.79 6.80 6.68 6.96 4.30 5.03 3.49 1.40 3.12 0.00 Via employment websites 1.20 1.39 0.96 1.21 1.40 0.98 1.34 2.12 0.00 2.46 2.73 2.08 0.18 0.14 0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 Through a friend or relative 31.20 31.28 31.10 31.16 31.37 30.91 37.54 34.79 42.28 29.44 31.49 26.54 32.21 31.03 33.52 34.50 21.99 44.75 Via a specialised labour insertion service 1.86 1.84 1.89 1.88 1.86 1.91 5.47 8.64 0.00 2.15 1.73 2.74 1.46 1.50 1.41 0.00 0.00 0.00 Via an institution or association for persons with disabilities 5.61 6.26 4.80 5.67 6.32 4.87 23.48 28.69 14.46 6.70 6.78 6.57 3.81 4.34 3.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other 27.92 26.82 29.28 27.77 26.75 29.04 7.60 5.54 11.17 23.52 21.71 26.08 32.40 32.80 31.96 40.96 34.29 46.44 Has worked at some point in time, but is not working now Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Via a public employment service (INEM) 2.45 2.62 2.30 5.02 4.39 5.56 14.57 22.44 2.85 7.36 5.83 8.90 4.13 3.37 4.74 1.13 1.72 0.64 Aimed directly at the company 19.96 23.17 17.22 23.49 26.18 21.19 16.08 10.46 24.45 23.14 24.00 22.27 23.76 27.38 20.85 18.15 21.62 15.20 The company got in touch with her/him 4.31 4.90 3.81 5.00 5.21 4.83 3.80 6.35 0.00 5.10 4.08 6.13 5.00 5.55 4.57 3.96 4.74 3.30 Via employment websites 0.06 0.07 0.06 0.19 0.21 0.16 3.19 4.66 0.99 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.04 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 Through a friend or relative 45.20 39.86 49.75 42.60 39.65 45.14 43.12 42.90 43.44 43.09 43.16 43.02 42.45 38.40 45.71 46.53 39.97 52.11 Via a specialised labour insertion service 0.91 0.89 0.92 1.73 1.43 1.98 9.18 0.89 21.53 2.81 2.78 2.84 1.25 1.01 1.44 0.49 0.61 0.38 Via an institution or association for persons with disabilities 0.64 0.92 0.40 1.55 2.37 0.85 8.01 10.37 4.51 3.54 5.50 1.54 0.83 1.10 0.61 0.18 0.18 0.17 Other 26.47 27.56 25.54 20.41 20.55 20.29 2.05 1.93 2.24 14.51 14.19 14.84 22.54 23.20 22.00 29.56 31.16 28.21 Notes: 1) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons must be viewed with caution, because it may be affected by large sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute