Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Absolute figures
Population with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, by age and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

,Total,,,6 to 64 years old,,,65 to 79 years old,,,80 years old and over,,,
,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,Both sexes,Males,Females,
Total,2,088.1,710.6,1,377.6,687.8,305.1,382.8,643.4,212.4,431.0,756.9,193.2,563.7,
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength,534.9,230.4,304.5,141.4,88.8,52.6,151.8,72.5,79.3,241.7,69.1,172.6,
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so,207.4,80.4,127.0,71.0,40.6,30.4,52.8,20.0,32.8,83.7,19.8,63.9,
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task,201.0,88.9,112.1,59.3,38.6,20.7,51.2,25.9,25.3,90.5,24.3,66.2,
They have other difficulties,196.1,75.9,120.2,62.5,32.9,29.6,52.2,20.0,32.2,81.4,23.0,58.4,
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have,198.4,74.3,124.0,65.9,36.4,29.5,51.3,18.4,32.9,81.2,19.6,61.6,
They have no difficulty,579.4,183.1,396.3,161.7,71.1,90.5,182.2,53.5,128.8,235.5,58.5,177.0,
No data recorded,730.8,207.9,522.9,294.9,97.7,197.3,249.9,66.4,183.5,186.0,43.9,142.2,
Notes:
1) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 2) 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