Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the most important care that the main carer provides, by group of disability and sex of the person with disabilities Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care ,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, Eating,18.45,20.34,17.38,21.99,23.46,21.28,18.06,18.38,17.90,35.87,33.55,37.51,36.18,34.75,37.14,20.25,23.18,18.73,21.20,22.81,20.27,19.73,23.36,18.04,37.36,33.46,40.25, Get dressed / Get undressed,47.98,51.17,46.17,48.26,48.70,48.05,46.88,48.17,46.25,58.56,55.86,60.48,59.34,57.33,60.69,51.86,57.08,49.16,55.07,57.80,53.49,49.40,54.35,47.09,58.30,55.29,60.53, Personal hygiene / Getting ready,45.25,47.79,43.80,45.95,47.77,45.06,45.70,45.18,45.95,54.97,54.84,55.07,54.63,53.76,55.22,47.26,50.98,45.34,51.74,54.13,50.35,46.17,50.16,44.31,55.04,53.49,56.18, Walk or get around the house,18.39,14.78,20.44,21.03,16.53,23.23,20.11,14.64,22.80,20.53,14.82,24.58,21.24,15.87,24.84,20.66,17.52,22.29,19.98,15.45,22.61,19.91,16.94,21.30,20.36,14.19,24.94, Go up or down the stairs,23.01,18.66,25.49,25.81,22.78,27.28,25.24,19.07,28.27,19.21,13.96,22.93,19.29,15.42,21.89,25.33,21.75,27.19,23.26,18.40,26.08,23.81,19.88,25.64,18.35,14.33,21.33, Change incontinence pants due to urinary incontinence,14.69,11.32,16.59,16.53,11.96,18.75,16.75,10.37,19.89,25.02,18.01,29.99,25.14,19.19,29.15,16.33,12.76,18.19,17.25,13.07,19.67,16.17,13.04,17.64,25.88,19.43,30.69, Change incontinence pants due to fecal incontinence,7.22,6.93,7.39,8.52,7.44,9.04,8.33,7.46,8.75,13.47,11.86,14.61,13.32,11.94,14.24,8.03,7.95,8.07,8.48,7.96,8.77,8.04,8.39,7.87,15.42,13.45,16.89, Getting in and out of bed,18.77,17.99,19.21,18.39,15.34,19.88,19.57,17.93,20.37,17.79,14.31,20.25,18.24,13.26,21.59,20.98,21.21,20.86,20.86,19.56,21.61,19.80,19.68,19.86,19.74,16.08,22.45, Bathe/Shower,46.48,48.73,45.21,47.38,49.11,46.54,47.62,51.38,45.77,47.56,47.53,47.59,47.22,45.16,48.60,48.22,51.93,46.29,52.94,54.92,51.78,47.01,50.38,45.43,45.06,44.41,45.54, Use the toilet / bath on time,4.25,4.55,4.07,3.94,3.84,3.99,3.28,3.80,3.02,5.44,5.58,5.33,6.15,5.78,6.40,4.43,4.66,4.31,4.77,4.96,4.67,4.34,4.73,4.15,5.57,5.33,5.75, Go shopping,35.96,29.05,39.89,35.43,31.40,37.39,33.41,28.95,35.61,23.38,23.99,22.94,22.96,23.91,22.32,35.02,27.37,38.98,31.30,25.30,34.77,38.07,31.91,40.96,23.23,24.11,22.57, Preparing meals,37.62,40.34,36.08,37.25,41.83,35.02,37.43,41.75,35.32,33.99,35.46,32.94,34.51,35.44,33.88,36.28,38.62,35.06,36.01,37.27,35.28,39.74,44.67,37.43,33.38,35.93,31.49, Undertake other household chores,33.44,26.80,37.22,33.21,30.00,34.78,33.00,29.33,34.81,19.15,19.13,19.17,18.74,16.99,19.91,31.92,24.92,35.55,28.30,22.99,31.37,35.19,28.63,38.25,18.27,18.00,18.48, Take medicine (control),26.67,32.88,23.15,29.20,35.78,26.00,31.12,33.89,29.76,37.54,42.12,34.29,39.02,44.65,35.24,24.12,29.59,21.28,28.27,34.32,24.77,25.80,32.11,22.85,37.02,42.58,32.88, Use the telephone,3.20,4.37,2.54,2.96,3.01,2.93,5.06,7.40,3.91,6.54,8.19,5.37,3.86,4.89,3.17,2.29,3.26,1.79,2.56,3.44,2.05,2.29,2.96,1.97,3.30,4.12,2.69, Go outside / get about on the street,20.58,17.45,22.35,23.19,19.69,24.89,20.83,19.90,21.28,15.66,15.96,15.45,15.65,16.95,14.78,21.51,18.83,22.89,18.80,16.47,20.15,20.01,16.57,21.62,14.74,15.46,14.21, Use public transport,5.84,6.29,5.59,5.46,6.32,5.05,3.94,5.63,3.11,4.86,6.66,3.59,5.02,6.51,4.01,5.85,6.18,5.68,4.66,5.23,4.33,5.10,5.56,4.89,4.77,6.17,3.73, Managing money,5.71,8.08,4.36,3.34,4.70,2.67,4.62,6.01,3.93,8.72,12.08,6.33,9.70,13.47,7.17,4.01,5.22,3.38,5.19,7.02,4.13,5.21,7.68,4.06,9.82,13.51,7.08, Deal with paperwork,12.23,13.35,11.59,11.53,12.51,11.05,12.55,13.50,12.09,9.73,12.49,7.76,9.36,12.59,7.18,10.60,10.41,10.70,9.45,10.61,8.78,11.23,11.64,11.03,11.48,15.89,8.20, Go to the doctor,23.36,25.23,22.31,24.94,28.10,23.40,25.12,26.48,24.45,20.25,24.40,17.31,19.92,24.95,16.55,21.94,23.50,21.14,21.27,23.25,20.11,21.88,23.37,21.18,19.80,24.69,16.16, Tie one's own shoelaces,4.96,7.10,3.74,3.50,4.41,3.05,4.18,6.85,2.87,2.28,3.15,1.66,2.33,3.55,1.51,4.93,7.39,3.66,5.16,7.34,3.89,3.98,5.41,3.31,1.97,3.05,1.18, Notes: 1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 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