Auditory and visual characteristics
Population 16 year old and over by sex, social class of the main breadwinner and and if they have difficulty for listening.
Units: thousands of persons and percentages

	Total	Yes difficulty	No difficulty	
ABSOLUTE FIGURES	
    Both genders	
        Total	35,361.4	4,763.0	30,598.3	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	2,909.6	250.0	2,659.6	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	3,459.2	417.2	3,042.0	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	8,749.4	1,148.6	7,600.8	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	10,891.2	1,599.0	9,292.2	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	4,521.6	599.9	3,921.7	
        V: Unskilled workers	4,362.1	682.4	3,679.7	
        VI. Another type employees	275.2	49.4	225.8	
        No data recorded	193.1	16.5	176.5	
    Males	
        Total	17,249.8	2,769.8	14,480.0	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	1,371.8	173.6	1,198.3	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	1,744.6	255.8	1,488.8	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	4,191.6	617.0	3,574.6	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	5,597.5	990.2	4,607.3	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	2,128.8	352.3	1,776.5	
        V: Unskilled workers	2,016.8	352.5	1,664.3	
        VI. Another type employees	143.2	20.1	123.1	
        No data recorded	55.4	8.3	47.0	
    Females	
        Total	18,111.6	1,993.2	16,118.3	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	1,537.8	76.4	1,461.3	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	1,714.6	161.4	1,553.2	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	4,557.8	531.6	4,026.2	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	5,293.7	608.8	4,684.9	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	2,392.8	247.6	2,145.2	
        V: Unskilled workers	2,345.3	329.9	2,015.4	
        VI. Another type employees	132.0	29.3	102.6	
        No data recorded	137.7	8.2	129.5	
RELATIVE FIGURES	
    Both genders	
        Total	100.00	13.47	86.53	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	100.00	8.59	91.41	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	12.06	87.94	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	13.13	86.87	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	14.68	85.32	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	13.27	86.73	
        V: Unskilled workers	100.00	15.64	84.36	
        VI. Another type employees	100.00	17.96	82.04	
        No data recorded	100.00	8.56	91.44	
    Males	
        Total	100.00	16.06	83.94	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	100.00	12.65	87.35	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	14.66	85.34	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	14.72	85.28	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	17.69	82.31	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	16.55	83.45	
        V: Unskilled workers	100.00	17.48	82.52	
        VI. Another type employees	100.00	14.03	85.97	
        No data recorded	100.00	15.07	84.93	
    Females	
        Total	100.00	11.01	88.99	
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree	100.00	4.97	95.03	
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	9.41	90.59	
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	11.66	88.34	
        IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	11.50	88.50	
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	10.35	89.65	
        V: Unskilled workers	100.00	14.07	85.93	
        VI. Another type employees	100.00	22.23	77.77	
        No data recorded	100.00	5.95	94.05	
Notes:
1) ~'social class of the main breadwinner '~Social class categories have been extracted from the report 'The  measurement of the social class in Health Sciences' the Society  by the Spanish Epidemiology Society.
Source: National Statistics Institute and Ministry of Health and Consumption