Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Social Networks, Discrimination and Belonging to an NGO. National results: Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the frequency of contact, by telephone or by post, with relatives and friends, by age and sex
Units: percentage

	Total			6 to 64 years old			65 to 79 years old			80 years old and over			
	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	Both sexes	Males	Females	
A parent: 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	
Every day or almost every day	10.40	11.84	9.47	25.46	24.03	26.76	0.51	0.34	0.61	0.04	0.11	0.01	
Once or twice a week	5.24	6.63	4.34	12.50	13.01	12.05	0.68	0.95	0.53	0.00	0.00	0.00	
Once or twice a month	1.83	2.83	1.20	4.36	5.48	3.35	0.26	0.50	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	
Less frequently	9.03	13.11	6.41	21.59	26.22	17.41	1.01	0.97	1.03	0.14	0.15	0.14	
They have no parents	73.51	65.59	78.58	36.08	31.26	40.43	97.54	97.24	97.73	99.82	99.74	99.85	
A son/daughter: 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	
Every day or almost every day	41.57	33.36	46.90	36.87	25.42	47.28	48.40	43.27	51.48	40.72	38.31	41.70	
Once or twice a week	14.67	14.13	15.02	9.60	8.06	11.00	20.21	20.78	19.88	15.93	19.36	14.52	
Once or twice a month	3.21	3.38	3.10	2.11	2.32	1.92	4.13	4.52	3.89	3.82	4.33	3.61	
Less frequently	17.49	17.86	17.25	13.15	14.11	12.27	15.69	17.65	14.51	26.30	27.66	25.75	
They have no children	23.07	31.27	17.73	38.28	50.10	27.53	11.57	13.78	10.24	13.23	10.34	14.41	
A sibling: 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	
Every day or almost every day	13.81	12.46	14.69	21.42	19.12	23.49	10.51	7.11	12.55	6.04	3.83	6.93	
Once or twice a week	20.63	20.16	20.93	26.58	23.80	29.07	20.68	20.10	21.03	11.45	11.08	11.60	
Once or twice a month	14.63	15.58	14.02	14.93	15.81	14.14	16.87	17.11	16.73	11.54	12.66	11.09	
Less frequently	31.38	35.67	28.61	28.60	32.94	24.71	34.54	39.30	31.69	31.92	37.02	29.86	
They have no siblings	19.55	16.13	21.76	8.47	8.33	8.60	17.39	16.37	18.00	39.05	35.42	40.51	
A grandchild: 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	
Every day or almost every day	15.46	11.82	17.86	7.82	4.55	10.84	23.92	21.22	25.53	17.70	16.75	18.09	
Once or twice a week	14.87	12.20	16.62	5.44	3.51	7.22	22.75	20.78	23.93	20.63	22.09	20.04	
Once or twice a month	5.23	4.16	5.93	1.65	1.38	1.89	6.88	6.51	7.10	8.99	7.95	9.42	
Less frequently	19.68	17.30	21.24	7.30	6.15	8.35	24.04	24.21	23.93	34.32	36.25	33.53	
They have no grandchildren	44.76	54.51	38.35	77.79	84.41	71.69	22.42	27.28	19.51	18.36	16.97	18.92	
A parent-in-law: 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	
Every day or almost every day	2.18	2.73	1.82	5.10	5.10	5.10	0.34	0.70	0.13	0.04	0.04	0.04	
Once or twice a week	3.63	3.78	3.54	8.65	7.24	9.94	0.39	0.66	0.22	0.06	0.07	0.05	
Once or twice a month	2.17	2.62	1.87	5.08	4.99	5.17	0.34	0.55	0.21	0.03	0.00	0.04	
Less frequently	6.36	8.39	5.06	14.14	14.88	13.47	1.85	3.24	1.02	0.24	0.37	0.18	
They have no parents-in-law	85.66	82.48	87.70	67.02	67.79	66.32	97.09	94.84	98.42	99.64	99.52	99.69	
Another relative: 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	
Every day or almost every day	7.78	7.43	8.01	9.54	9.48	9.59	6.89	5.93	7.45	6.15	4.55	6.79	
Once or twice a week	15.79	15.06	16.26	19.37	18.44	20.21	14.19	12.50	15.20	12.18	10.49	12.87	
Once or twice a month	14.54	13.64	15.12	15.87	14.19	17.37	15.04	13.49	15.97	11.94	12.51	11.70	
Less frequently	46.41	49.83	44.22	43.98	47.14	41.15	47.37	52.22	44.48	49.03	52.97	47.43	
They have no other relatives	15.46	14.03	16.39	11.24	10.75	11.68	16.51	15.87	16.89	20.71	19.48	21.20	
A friend, not a neighbour: 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	
Every day or almost every day	13.70	14.24	13.34	18.85	18.40	19.25	11.71	11.73	11.69	8.12	7.57	8.33	
Once or twice a week	22.06	21.82	22.21	28.53	26.25	30.57	20.70	19.94	21.16	13.70	13.45	13.80	
Once or twice a month	10.79	10.44	11.02	11.80	10.92	12.60	11.13	10.16	11.72	8.84	9.68	8.51	
Less frequently	40.15	42.62	38.56	30.49	33.52	27.78	44.92	48.74	42.63	49.37	56.23	46.62	
They do not have friends	13.31	10.88	14.86	10.33	10.91	9.80	11.54	9.43	12.81	19.97	13.07	22.73	
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