Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Employment and Education. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities seeking employment, according to the search method in the last four weeks, 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 They are registered with a public employment service 63.46 59.04 67.43 60.84 60.05 61.58 53.40 42.37 64.30 62.71 62.93 62.30 80.42 84.81 72.80 68.29 66.41 69.73 66.47 61.84 70.33 68.84 65.55 70.52 60.49 56.64 65.62 They are registered with a private employment office 9.59 10.13 9.11 8.38 9.51 7.31 8.04 8.00 8.08 16.78 16.02 18.27 9.11 11.47 5.01 9.37 10.48 8.52 9.66 12.03 7.70 9.51 12.29 8.10 11.77 12.26 11.13 They have contacted businesspersons 25.84 26.98 24.83 31.26 30.65 31.84 21.90 25.08 18.77 26.65 25.82 28.27 18.58 21.89 12.85 27.01 30.63 24.24 22.39 27.42 18.21 23.93 26.54 22.60 22.29 18.16 27.81 They are using personal relations 31.53 31.56 31.50 40.92 38.15 43.53 33.89 34.53 33.25 35.31 36.00 33.95 29.19 29.90 27.94 30.83 29.68 31.71 30.99 31.36 30.69 29.65 28.58 30.19 36.54 33.54 40.54 Through the Press 13.18 11.08 15.08 12.30 13.00 11.65 16.36 20.31 12.46 8.49 6.55 12.27 10.24 6.22 17.19 12.57 7.48 16.45 8.46 4.94 11.39 14.10 6.29 18.07 9.90 5.44 15.85 Has made efforts to set him or herself up on his/her own (land search, administration of licenses...) 2.18 1.96 2.37 1.36 0.00 2.63 2.01 2.02 2.00 3.01 2.27 4.46 1.59 2.51 0.00 2.32 2.49 2.19 1.99 1.85 2.10 3.28 4.21 2.80 2.47 3.39 1.25 Preparing for or taking public exams 5.99 6.33 5.69 9.79 8.63 10.88 6.34 8.68 4.02 6.19 8.19 2.29 4.56 7.18 0.00 5.22 4.13 6.05 4.53 3.26 5.58 4.89 1.76 6.48 5.39 9.19 0.32 They are waiting on the results of previous applications 7.07 7.79 6.42 7.53 3.83 11.01 4.64 6.66 2.64 8.87 13.42 0.00 4.90 2.30 9.41 6.56 8.45 5.12 7.20 4.48 9.46 7.07 9.18 6.00 13.16 17.43 7.47 They are waiting for a call from the Public Employment Office 10.07 11.00 9.25 11.19 8.49 13.74 5.73 4.64 6.81 8.95 12.45 2.13 12.04 16.00 5.16 9.93 10.59 9.43 11.39 14.94 8.44 11.70 21.72 6.60 14.44 18.37 9.18 Other methods 20.49 21.51 19.58 23.43 28.92 18.25 32.54 29.24 35.80 21.89 16.33 32.72 13.06 6.60 24.25 16.17 15.72 16.51 16.12 15.56 16.58 15.92 20.40 13.64 19.02 19.55 18.31 They have not used any method 3.98 4.13 3.85 4.81 2.99 6.52 5.86 7.37 4.37 4.71 3.23 7.59 1.56 1.50 1.66 3.53 3.98 3.19 4.08 3.03 4.95 2.50 2.37 2.57 2.83 3.89 1.40 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