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 group of disability and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

,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,2,088.1,710.6,1,377.6,519.3,160.7,358.7,461.2,150.4,310.8,595.7,254.2,341.5,548.0,223.4,324.6,1,751.4,559.8,1,191.6,1,534.2,541.7,992.4,1,687.4,491.5,1,195.9,507.4,221.5,285.9,
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength,534.9,230.4,304.5,151.5,56.5,95.0,138.6,52.2,86.4,236.0,98.6,137.4,217.6,86.8,130.7,495.3,206.9,288.4,498.9,211.8,287.1,470.5,185.8,284.7,210.1,90.4,119.7,
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so,207.4,80.4,127.0,56.7,15.6,41.0,50.2,15.1,35.0,98.6,39.6,59.0,96.5,39.0,57.5,175.3,61.4,114.0,186.2,69.7,116.5,175.6,60.7,115.0,90.3,39.8,50.5,
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task,201.0,88.9,112.1,54.2,17.9,36.3,49.7,17.6,32.1,127.8,55.4,72.4,125.9,55.8,70.1,168.7,68.2,100.4,186.9,79.8,107.1,173.5,69.0,104.4,122.3,56.8,65.5,
They have other difficulties,196.1,75.9,120.2,61.0,20.9,40.1,47.1,16.1,31.0,93.7,37.5,56.2,88.2,35.5,52.7,174.0,64.1,109.9,177.2,69.3,107.9,174.5,62.2,112.4,89.3,37.6,51.7,
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have,198.4,74.3,124.0,58.7,18.1,40.6,48.5,15.3,33.2,94.2,36.7,57.5,91.9,35.5,56.4,173.1,58.9,114.2,178.9,64.1,114.8,169.7,56.2,113.5,90.1,37.6,52.5,
They have no difficulty,579.4,183.1,396.3,146.5,44.5,102.0,128.7,38.1,90.6,145.8,58.7,87.0,126.9,48.9,78.0,478.5,137.0,341.5,451.0,147.0,304.0,480.2,126.7,353.5,114.4,48.2,66.2,
No data recorded,730.8,207.9,522.9,155.7,39.8,115.8,141.6,42.5,99.0,105.2,50.4,54.8,98.2,43.6,54.7,583.4,153.0,430.4,376.3,108.6,267.7,535.8,115.7,420.0,81.9,39.5,42.4,
Notes:
1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 
 2) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 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