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, relationship with economic activity 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	
    Employed persons	5.8	86.4	7.0	0.6	0.3	
    Unemployed persons	8.0	81.8	7.0	2.3	0.9	
    Retired persons	7.3	75.0	14.4	3.0	0.3	
    Other inactive persons	14.6	78.0	5.0	1.9	0.5	
    No data recorded	77.8	22.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Male	
    Total	3.2	82.1	12.9	1.5	0.3	
    Employed persons	2.8	85.6	10.8	0.6	0.3	
    Unemployed persons	2.8	82.3	12.0	2.4	0.4	
    Retired persons	4.1	75.2	17.6	2.9	0.1	
    Other inactive persons	4.6	74.1	17.1	3.3	0.9	
    No data recorded	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Female	
    Total	12.8	82.5	2.8	1.4	0.5	
    Employed persons	9.8	87.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	
    Unemployed persons	12.9	81.3	2.2	2.2	1.4	
    Retired persons	17.3	74.3	4.4	3.2	0.8	
    Other inactive persons	15.6	78.4	3.8	1.8	0.4	
    No data recorded	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	
Notes:
Source: National Statistics Institute