Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the most important care that the main carer provides, by group of impairment and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care

	Total			Mental impairments			Visual impairments			Hearing impairments			Language, speech and voice impairments			Osteoarticular impairments			Nervous system impairments			Visceral impairments			Other impairments			
	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	
Eating	18.45	20.34	17.38	29.63	27.76	30.82	19.92	21.54	19.14	15.66	15.09	15.93	43.83	39.61	48.32	10.05	10.09	10.04	29.09	31.79	26.85	14.01	15.74	12.93	15.73	17.82	14.97	
Get dressed / Get undressed	47.98	51.17	46.17	52.51	49.58	54.38	45.89	44.39	46.61	44.30	44.57	44.17	63.80	62.70	64.96	44.71	49.74	43.07	63.19	69.22	58.17	45.49	45.56	45.45	47.84	51.46	46.52	
Personal hygiene / Getting ready	45.25	47.79	43.80	49.82	49.33	50.14	44.29	44.61	44.13	44.12	44.18	44.10	60.46	64.17	56.51	41.03	44.34	39.94	54.50	58.05	51.54	44.44	48.61	41.84	47.68	51.40	46.33	
Walk or get around the house	18.39	14.78	20.44	18.69	13.22	22.18	19.76	14.57	22.26	18.60	12.95	21.36	26.40	19.88	33.34	17.40	12.65	18.95	24.01	21.26	26.30	17.72	15.20	19.28	21.59	15.51	23.80	
Go up or down the stairs	23.01	18.66	25.49	18.93	14.98	21.46	24.94	21.51	26.59	24.35	17.72	27.58	19.23	16.35	22.30	25.91	22.81	26.92	24.45	20.64	27.62	25.64	24.04	26.63	26.38	20.33	28.57	
Change incontinence pants due to urinary incontinence	14.69	11.32	16.59	21.86	15.22	26.10	15.08	10.43	17.31	15.62	10.48	18.12	30.25	28.29	32.35	11.43	6.80	12.93	19.73	16.57	22.36	16.11	12.89	18.11	15.81	10.68	17.68	
Change incontinence pants due to fecal incontinence	7.22	6.93	7.39	11.34	10.06	12.15	6.78	6.44	6.95	6.66	6.76	6.62	17.24	17.92	16.52	4.42	4.13	4.51	11.13	10.54	11.63	7.15	7.07	7.19	7.33	6.80	7.52	
Getting in and out of bed	18.77	17.99	19.21	16.96	11.60	20.39	17.87	14.58	19.46	19.43	17.49	20.38	22.22	20.15	24.42	19.89	21.94	19.23	26.40	26.57	26.26	19.53	19.51	19.54	17.99	16.17	18.65	
Bathe/Shower	46.48	48.73	45.21	45.72	42.57	47.73	47.49	47.50	47.49	48.07	52.30	46.01	48.31	49.53	47.02	47.65	53.25	45.82	49.63	53.95	46.03	49.23	54.58	45.91	53.12	57.64	51.48	
Use the toilet / bath on time	4.25	4.55	4.07	5.16	4.35	5.69	3.76	3.53	3.87	2.89	3.77	2.47	5.74	6.90	4.50	2.86	3.24	2.73	5.45	6.49	4.58	4.93	5.07	4.84	3.34	3.98	3.11	
Go shopping	35.96	29.05	39.89	26.65	26.95	26.46	37.15	33.83	38.75	34.83	29.21	37.57	18.30	18.64	17.95	43.68	32.94	47.19	26.08	20.32	30.87	37.32	28.94	42.54	36.67	29.55	39.25	
Preparing meals	37.62	40.34	36.08	36.84	39.04	35.44	39.38	46.25	36.07	39.39	43.32	37.47	28.11	29.20	26.96	36.69	42.01	34.95	32.85	32.18	33.40	36.88	39.49	35.26	40.11	43.83	38.76	
Undertake other household chores	33.44	26.80	37.22	22.78	21.20	23.78	34.97	32.01	36.40	35.70	30.50	38.23	12.51	10.01	15.18	42.30	33.09	45.30	23.10	17.05	28.15	35.98	28.80	40.45	33.81	32.82	34.17	
Take medicine (control)	26.67	32.88	23.15	42.29	47.92	38.69	30.01	37.92	26.19	30.68	34.19	28.97	33.04	30.89	35.33	18.49	22.77	17.09	23.20	25.70	21.11	28.34	34.83	24.29	29.12	37.92	25.93	
Use the telephone	3.20	4.37	2.54	4.53	5.21	4.09	2.75	3.34	2.46	5.28	7.34	4.28	5.28	5.91	4.61	1.67	2.48	1.41	1.47	2.19	0.86	2.99	3.41	2.74	2.73	3.56	2.42	
Go outside / get about on the street	20.58	17.45	22.35	17.25	18.34	16.56	23.49	19.09	25.61	21.51	20.44	22.03	12.35	10.12	14.74	22.18	17.20	23.81	17.47	16.35	18.41	20.46	16.25	23.08	20.34	15.78	21.99	
Use public transport	5.84	6.29	5.59	5.81	7.71	4.60	5.21	6.56	4.55	4.01	6.12	2.97	2.68	4.55	0.68	5.23	5.03	5.30	4.12	4.37	3.92	5.12	5.79	4.70	4.94	4.06	5.26	
Managing money	5.71	8.08	4.36	11.24	15.30	8.64	3.39	4.57	2.83	4.65	6.13	3.92	5.21	7.21	3.08	2.99	4.57	2.47	3.08	3.78	2.50	3.82	3.66	3.93	3.84	5.09	3.39	
Deal with paperwork	12.23	13.35	11.59	12.16	16.51	9.38	12.26	12.70	12.05	13.41	14.91	12.68	6.73	8.26	5.11	12.24	10.84	12.70	8.24	8.44	8.08	12.35	11.95	12.60	10.66	11.62	10.31	
Go to the doctor	23.36	25.23	22.31	23.28	28.80	19.76	26.14	28.51	25.01	26.49	26.87	26.30	17.72	23.40	11.68	23.44	23.83	23.32	16.98	17.70	16.37	24.25	24.92	23.82	21.76	19.99	22.40	
Tie one's own shoelaces	4.96	7.10	3.74	2.37	3.44	1.68	3.45	4.34	3.03	4.10	6.65	2.85	3.57	3.60	3.54	6.97	13.15	4.96	4.63	5.82	3.63	4.85	7.13	3.43	3.31	6.37	2.20	
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
  
 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