Social Integration and Health Survey
Characteristics of persons with disability
Distribution by educational level and age group of persons with disability according to sex
Units: percentage of persons with disability over the total and over each sex

	Total persons with disability	Males with disability	Females with disability	
Total	
    Total persons with disability	100.00	100.00	100.00	
    Primary education or lower	43.07	38.52	45.98	
    Secondary education 1st stage	34.29	35.09	33.78	
    Secondary education 2nd stage	12.13	12.79	11.71	
    Higher education	10.51	13.60	8.54	
From 15 to 64 years	
    Total persons with disability	100.00	100.00	100.00	
    Primary education or lower	23.61	23.61	23.60	
    Secondary education 1st stage	43.01	43.29	42.79	
    Secondary education 2nd stage	18.84	17.96	19.52	
    Higher education	14.54	15.14	14.09	
65 years old and over	
    Total persons with disability	100.00	100.00	100.00	
    Primary education or lower	65.81	60.78	68.39	
    Secondary education 1st stage	24.10	22.83	24.75	
    Secondary education 2nd stage	4.29	5.08	3.88	
    Higher education	5.80	11.31	2.98	
Notes:
1) The '..' symbol should be interpreted as data not provided for insufficient samples.

 For the purposes of the survey, persons are considered to be disabled if they have declared their  health condition (disease/chronic health problem or limitation in basic activities) as one of the  impediments to participate in some sphere of life.
Source: National Statistics Institute