European Health Survey LIMITATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES Highest level of difficulty to perform any household activity by sex, age group, and educational level. Population aged 55 years old and over. Units: percentage TOTAL Without difficulty With some difficulty With a great deal of difficulty Unable to do so She/He has not tried it or needed it Both sexes TOTAL TOTAL 100.00 69.30 10.35 8.27 11.91 0.16 Basic and lower 100.00 61.96 12.17 10.20 15.41 0.25 Medium 100.00 81.90 7.40 5.52 5.19 0.00 Upper 100.00 83.73 6.63 4.00 5.64 0.00 From 55 to 64 years old TOTAL 100.00 86.03 5.69 4.09 4.16 0.03 Basic and lower 100.00 82.67 7.02 4.85 5.40 0.06 Medium 100.00 87.89 4.29 4.76 3.06 0.00 Upper 100.00 90.65 4.40 2.13 2.81 0.00 From 65 to 74 years old TOTAL 100.00 73.27 11.71 7.40 7.54 0.07 Basic and lower 100.00 69.79 13.18 8.97 7.95 0.11 Medium 100.00 80.52 9.12 4.02 6.34 0.00 Upper 100.00 80.78 8.11 4.13 6.98 0.00 From 75 to 84 years old TOTAL 100.00 50.44 15.32 14.11 20.01 0.12 Basic and lower 100.00 46.33 15.70 15.16 22.66 0.15 Medium 100.00 63.41 15.19 12.20 9.20 0.00 Upper 100.00 70.67 12.64 7.81 8.88 0.00 Aged 85 years old and over TOTAL 100.00 21.92 16.24 17.36 43.35 1.12 Basic and lower 100.00 20.73 15.85 17.15 45.01 1.27 Medium 100.00 36.79 26.89 12.19 24.13 0.00 Upper 100.00 27.75 14.32 23.60 34.33 0.00 Men TOTAL TOTAL 100.00 79.34 7.99 4.95 7.59 0.13 Basic and lower 100.00 74.65 9.35 6.38 9.40 0.22 Medium 100.00 87.70 5.80 2.90 3.60 0.00 Upper 100.00 86.05 5.88 2.53 5.54 0.00 From 55 to 64 years old TOTAL 100.00 90.24 3.91 2.37 3.42 0.06 Basic and lower 100.00 88.40 4.13 3.05 4.31 0.12 Medium 100.00 92.23 3.17 2.11 2.50 0.00 Upper 100.00 92.10 4.09 1.32 2.49 0.00 From 65 to 74 years old TOTAL 100.00 83.43 7.20 3.84 5.53 0.00 Basic and lower 100.00 81.43 7.90 5.19 5.48 0.00 Medium 100.00 89.83 6.12 1.19 2.86 0.00 Upper 100.00 84.55 6.00 1.88 7.57 0.00 From 75 to 84 years old TOTAL 100.00 63.69 14.92 8.56 12.69 0.14 Basic and lower 100.00 59.80 15.72 9.47 14.83 0.18 Medium 100.00 69.79 14.75 9.54 5.92 0.00 Upper 100.00 79.25 10.98 3.28 6.49 0.00 Aged 85 years old and over TOTAL 100.00 37.57 17.58 15.68 28.04 1.13 Basic and lower 100.00 37.91 18.00 15.10 27.63 1.36 Medium 100.00 56.76 15.68 6.91 20.64 0.00 Upper 100.00 19.23 15.46 27.74 37.57 0.00 Women TOTAL TOTAL 100.00 60.76 12.36 11.10 15.60 0.19 Basic and lower 100.00 52.26 14.33 13.12 20.01 0.28 Medium 100.00 76.68 8.83 7.88 6.61 0.00 Upper 100.00 81.04 7.50 5.72 5.74 0.00 From 55 to 64 years old TOTAL 100.00 82.01 7.38 5.73 4.87 0.00 Basic and lower 100.00 77.01 9.89 6.64 6.47 0.00 Medium 100.00 84.23 5.24 7.00 3.53 0.00 Upper 100.00 89.21 4.72 2.94 3.14 0.00 From 65 to 74 years old TOTAL 100.00 64.76 15.48 10.39 9.23 0.14 Basic and lower 100.00 61.43 16.97 11.68 9.73 0.19 Medium 100.00 72.28 11.77 6.53 9.42 0.00 Upper 100.00 75.23 11.23 7.45 6.10 0.00 From 75 to 84 years old TOTAL 100.00 39.28 15.66 18.78 26.17 0.11 Basic and lower 100.00 36.33 15.68 19.39 28.47 0.13 Medium 100.00 55.80 15.72 15.38 13.10 0.00 Upper 100.00 56.62 15.35 15.23 12.80 0.00 Aged 85 years old and over TOTAL 100.00 13.52 15.51 18.27 51.58 1.12 Basic and lower 100.00 12.39 14.81 18.14 53.44 1.22 Medium 100.00 7.57 43.29 19.91 29.23 0.00 Upper 100.00 35.78 13.26 19.69 31.27 0.00 Notes: 1) Household activities considered: preparing meals, using the telephone, going shopping, taking medicines, domestic chores and money administration The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error Source: National Statistics Institute