Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Employment and Education. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities who have worked at some point in time, according to the reason why they stopped working, by group of disability and sex Units: percentage 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 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 The person reached the age of retirement 35.02 42.36 28.76 38.23 46.43 31.47 47.52 57.92 36.93 43.39 45.57 40.82 41.49 45.65 37.65 33.32 39.63 28.75 38.37 46.03 32.45 34.40 43.60 29.16 34.77 35.00 34.48 Health reasons 26.73 25.88 27.46 21.83 21.28 22.28 17.08 15.93 18.26 22.94 24.78 20.77 24.73 26.61 22.99 29.11 28.66 29.44 26.56 26.45 26.65 29.43 27.99 30.25 29.80 31.92 27.22 Pre-retirement or forced early retirement 3.53 5.86 1.54 3.48 6.08 1.33 4.39 7.19 1.53 3.13 4.81 1.15 2.23 3.08 1.44 2.98 5.01 1.51 2.94 5.08 1.30 2.67 4.89 1.40 2.59 3.70 1.24 Voluntary early retirement 1.87 2.61 1.24 1.77 2.24 1.39 2.54 3.87 1.19 1.71 2.17 1.18 1.76 2.54 1.04 1.42 1.63 1.26 1.53 1.84 1.28 1.31 1.52 1.20 1.49 1.91 0.99 Early retirement as a result of disability 10.74 15.52 6.67 10.66 16.09 6.19 7.53 10.84 4.18 9.86 13.94 5.07 9.59 13.84 5.66 11.63 18.11 6.94 9.91 14.80 6.14 10.25 16.22 6.84 11.23 15.20 6.41 Work could not be reconciled with family responsibilities 2.44 0.54 4.06 2.92 0.88 4.61 2.53 0.19 4.90 2.11 0.21 4.35 2.59 0.19 4.81 2.26 0.57 3.48 2.29 0.56 3.63 2.31 0.56 3.31 1.39 0.45 2.53 The desire to dedicate oneself solely to family 8.97 0.14 16.49 10.38 0.08 18.87 9.91 0.09 19.91 7.42 0.14 15.98 8.12 0.12 15.51 9.71 0.13 16.65 9.87 0.12 17.40 10.58 0.12 16.53 7.47 0.06 16.46 The person became unemployed after the contract ended 2.33 1.93 2.67 2.10 1.36 2.71 1.62 0.95 2.31 1.80 1.76 1.86 1.70 1.71 1.69 1.76 1.44 1.99 1.24 1.10 1.35 1.43 1.05 1.65 2.67 2.91 2.39 The person was made redundant 1.50 1.58 1.42 1.33 1.78 0.96 1.44 1.16 1.72 1.78 2.45 1.00 0.86 1.16 0.58 1.26 1.32 1.22 1.04 1.05 1.03 1.09 1.02 1.13 1.70 2.72 0.46 The person's own free will 2.56 0.91 3.97 2.72 0.80 4.30 2.64 0.82 4.49 2.28 0.98 3.81 1.94 0.74 3.05 2.46 0.85 3.62 2.39 0.68 3.71 2.45 0.54 3.53 2.17 1.31 3.22 Other reasons 4.31 2.66 5.72 4.59 3.00 5.90 2.79 1.05 4.57 3.57 3.18 4.01 5.00 4.37 5.59 4.08 2.63 5.13 3.85 2.28 5.06 4.08 2.49 4.99 4.71 4.80 4.60 Notes: 1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 2) 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