Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Employment and Education. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities not seeking employment, according to the reason why they are not, by group of disability and sex Units: percentage ,Total,,,Sight,,,Hearing,,,Communication,,,Learning, applying knowledge and developing tasks,,,Mobility,,,Self care,,,Home life,,,Interpersonal interactions and relationships,,, ,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females, Total,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00,100.00, They have disabilities and believe that it will be very difficult to find work,11.08,13.15,9.89,8.84,9.26,8.62,7.34,6.60,7.80,14.09,17.23,11.75,15.82,20.75,12.67,11.28,13.96,9.98,10.82,13.31,9.54,11.27,13.85,10.25,16.64,20.18,13.82, They cannot work,45.83,43.85,46.97,43.99,42.92,44.56,34.56,28.15,38.59,55.60,55.14,55.94,59.33,61.20,58.14,51.63,52.16,51.37,52.59,52.63,52.57,53.39,54.28,53.04,60.00,60.63,59.50, They believe that they will not find work, not ever having sought it before,0.83,0.74,0.88,0.91,0.86,0.93,0.78,0.09,1.21,1.13,1.65,0.73,1.07,1.60,0.73,0.72,0.77,0.70,0.57,0.73,0.49,0.71,0.83,0.66,1.14,1.53,0.83, They believe that they will not find work, having sought it before,0.53,0.55,0.52,0.29,0.25,0.31,0.37,0.41,0.34,0.27,0.43,0.16,0.25,0.36,0.18,0.53,0.54,0.52,0.34,0.52,0.24,0.43,0.37,0.46,0.43,0.66,0.24, They do not believe that there will be any work available,0.52,0.50,0.53,0.45,0.39,0.48,0.32,0.26,0.36,0.38,0.61,0.20,0.32,0.53,0.18,0.44,0.48,0.42,0.39,0.48,0.34,0.39,0.38,0.40,0.66,0.98,0.41, They are affected by an employment regulation process,0.33,0.41,0.28,0.37,0.43,0.33,0.48,0.44,0.51,0.30,0.42,0.22,0.28,0.57,0.10,0.29,0.36,0.25,0.28,0.31,0.26,0.30,0.38,0.27,0.36,0.41,0.31, They do not know where to look to find work,0.20,0.24,0.18,0.19,0.08,0.24,0.06,0.01,0.09,0.17,0.13,0.20,0.14,0.25,0.07,0.15,0.23,0.11,0.16,0.34,0.07,0.16,0.33,0.09,0.41,0.59,0.27, They are waiting for a season with more activity,0.13,0.06,0.17,0.18,0.13,0.21,0.10,0.00,0.16,0.07,0.00,0.13,0.05,0.03,0.07,0.11,0.04,0.14,0.07,0.06,0.08,0.08,0.05,0.10,0.00,0.00,0.00, They are waiting on the results of previous applications,0.08,0.15,0.04,0.07,0.13,0.04,0.07,0.13,0.03,0.01,0.02,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.08,0.16,0.04,0.02,0.02,0.02,0.03,0.02,0.03,0.04,0.09,0.00, They are waiting to begin their freelance activity again,0.06,0.02,0.08,0.07,0.00,0.10,0.05,0.04,0.05,0.03,0.00,0.05,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.04,0.03,0.04,0.01,0.01,0.02,0.02,0.00,0.03,0.06,0.00,0.12, Due to family or personal reasons,3.97,1.37,5.46,3.96,0.90,5.58,3.73,0.81,5.57,1.79,1.33,2.13,1.52,1.28,1.67,2.94,0.93,3.92,2.08,0.63,2.83,2.58,0.77,3.30,1.95,2.18,1.76, They are undertaking studies or receiving training,0.80,1.34,0.49,0.45,0.96,0.18,0.66,0.95,0.47,1.36,1.92,0.94,1.23,2.14,0.65,0.41,0.83,0.21,0.45,0.72,0.31,0.44,0.85,0.28,1.32,2.09,0.70, They receive economic benefits,4.24,4.47,4.11,4.13,3.22,4.61,3.63,2.47,4.36,3.57,3.40,3.70,3.20,3.61,2.94,4.22,4.62,4.03,3.47,3.50,3.45,4.00,3.83,4.07,4.39,5.15,3.79, Due to retirement,52.61,62.69,46.84,58.75,70.41,52.57,64.60,81.40,54.03,48.22,51.15,46.06,45.04,44.32,45.50,51.63,59.54,47.79,53.94,61.11,50.25,50.57,57.71,47.73,39.53,37.67,41.01, They do not need to work,5.28,3.04,6.57,5.38,3.27,6.50,5.51,3.52,6.75,3.68,1.93,4.97,3.57,1.83,4.68,4.83,2.64,5.90,4.58,2.51,5.65,4.55,2.63,5.32,2.88,1.55,3.94, Other causes,13.22,5.98,17.37,13.43,5.59,17.59,14.41,4.97,20.35,12.49,6.38,17.01,12.83,7.00,16.56,12.90,5.77,16.37,12.55,5.18,16.35,12.76,5.90,15.48,13.64,8.78,17.52, Notes: 1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 2) A person may not have sought employment for more than one reason 3) The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 5 thousand persons must be viewed with caution, because they may be affected by large sampling errors. Source: National Statistics Institute