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 impairment and sex Units: percentage ,Total,,,Mental impairments,,,Visual impairments,,,Hearing impairments,,,Language, speech and voice impairments,,,Osteoarticular impairments,,,Nervous system impairments,,,Visceral impairments,,,Other impairments,,, ,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,11.08,13.15,9.89,15.87,20.86,12.62,8.04,8.05,8.03,7.13,6.54,7.50,13.40,13.40,13.39,10.13,12.67,9.26,15.11,16.76,13.90,10.10,9.84,10.27,4.96,5.29,4.83, They cannot work,45.83,43.85,46.97,56.92,57.12,56.80,41.66,39.70,42.70,33.45,26.68,37.74,59.53,58.30,61.00,47.61,45.80,48.22,59.19,57.79,60.23,52.75,51.88,53.32,41.30,35.52,43.45, They believe that they will not find work, not ever having sought it before,0.83,0.74,0.88,1.17,1.72,0.81,0.89,0.93,0.86,0.76,0.04,1.21,0.21,0.38,0.00,0.62,0.31,0.73,0.86,0.70,0.98,0.48,0.61,0.39,0.36,0.00,0.49, They believe that they will not find work, having sought it before,0.53,0.55,0.52,0.38,0.46,0.33,0.26,0.29,0.25,0.36,0.45,0.30,0.17,0.00,0.38,0.53,0.61,0.50,0.77,0.64,0.87,0.49,0.28,0.62,0.30,0.00,0.41, They do not believe that there will be any work available,0.52,0.50,0.53,0.62,0.92,0.43,0.46,0.30,0.54,0.35,0.28,0.40,0.17,0.08,0.27,0.50,0.51,0.49,0.51,0.25,0.69,0.21,0.27,0.18,0.12,0.32,0.04, They are affected by an employment regulation process,0.33,0.41,0.28,0.31,0.54,0.16,0.34,0.42,0.30,0.48,0.48,0.48,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.29,0.64,0.16,0.36,0.00,0.63,0.20,0.18,0.20,0.39,0.25,0.44, They do not know where to look to find work,0.20,0.24,0.18,0.38,0.54,0.28,0.16,0.09,0.20,0.06,0.01,0.09,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.11,0.27,0.05,0.28,0.42,0.18,0.13,0.20,0.09,0.00,0.00,0.00, They are waiting for a season with more activity,0.13,0.06,0.17,0.11,0.00,0.18,0.21,0.16,0.24,0.09,0.00,0.16,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.11,0.08,0.12,0.12,0.17,0.08,0.07,0.12,0.04,0.03,0.00,0.04, They are waiting on the results of previous applications,0.08,0.15,0.04,0.03,0.08,0.00,0.08,0.15,0.04,0.08,0.14,0.04,0.06,0.11,0.00,0.05,0.19,0.00,0.10,0.00,0.18,0.03,0.00,0.06,0.15,0.54,0.00, They are waiting to begin their freelance activity again,0.06,0.02,0.08,0.02,0.00,0.03,0.08,0.00,0.12,0.05,0.04,0.05,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.04,0.06,0.03,0.04,0.00,0.07,0.03,0.00,0.04,0.00,0.00,0.00, Due to family or personal reasons,3.97,1.37,5.46,2.08,1.93,2.18,4.27,0.93,6.04,3.99,0.84,5.99,1.04,0.34,1.88,3.83,1.36,4.68,2.64,0.83,3.98,2.56,0.81,3.69,1.54,0.68,1.86, They are undertaking studies or receiving training,0.80,1.34,0.49,1.26,1.88,0.86,0.50,1.08,0.19,0.71,1.01,0.52,2.56,3.49,1.45,0.21,0.40,0.14,0.80,1.35,0.39,0.35,0.61,0.19,0.15,0.54,0.00, They receive economic benefits,4.24,4.47,4.11,3.94,4.45,3.62,4.36,3.37,4.89,3.79,2.61,4.53,3.13,2.04,4.42,4.28,5.10,4.00,4.41,4.79,4.13,3.93,4.21,3.74,2.21,1.78,2.37, Due to retirement,52.61,62.69,46.84,44.26,42.78,45.22,60.25,73.21,53.41,64.96,81.91,54.22,46.36,50.86,41.00,53.72,65.23,49.77,45.37,53.55,39.34,55.11,65.10,48.60,67.71,83.36,61.87, They do not need to work,5.28,3.04,6.57,4.11,2.41,5.21,5.66,3.55,6.77,5.75,3.38,7.25,3.40,1.99,5.09,5.28,2.39,6.27,4.11,3.01,4.93,4.11,2.71,5.02,4.59,3.28,5.08, Other causes,13.22,5.98,17.37,13.48,8.03,17.03,13.00,4.80,17.33,14.28,4.52,20.47,11.65,5.60,18.86,13.63,5.92,16.28,10.63,5.10,14.69,11.73,4.69,16.31,13.26,5.99,15.97, Notes: 1) A person may have several original impairments 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