Living Conditions Survey (LCS) 
Ability to make decisions 
Persons who live as a couple, according to the ability to decide on the purchase of a durable consumer good or piece of furniture, age and sex
Units: Horizontal percentages

	Usually me	The two of us in equal measure	Usually my partner	Neither of us has had to make this type of decision	No data recorded	
Total	
    Total	8.0	82.3	7.8	1.4	0.4	
    16 to 29 years old	7.4	82.4	5.3	4.5	0.4	
    30 to 44 years old	6.1	87.5	5.3	0.7	0.4	
    45 to 64 years old	8.4	82.5	8.2	0.4	0.4	
    65 years old and over	10.8	72.2	12.7	3.9	0.4	
Male	
    Total	3.2	82.1	12.9	1.5	0.3	
    16 to 29 years old	7.2	80.7	7.2	5.0	0.0	
    30 to 44 years old	2.9	87.4	8.4	0.9	0.3	
    45 to 64 years old	2.3	82.6	14.3	0.4	0.4	
    65 years old and over	4.3	73.0	18.8	3.7	0.2	
Female	
    Total	12.8	82.5	2.8	1.4	0.5	
    16 to 29 years old	7.5	83.4	4.2	4.3	0.6	
    30 to 44 years old	9.2	87.6	2.3	0.4	0.5	
    45 to 64 years old	14.8	82.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	
    65 years old and over	19.1	71.2	4.9	4.2	0.7	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute