Auditory and visual characteristics
Population 16 year old and over by sex, social class of the main breadwinner and and if they have difficulty for listening.
Units: thousands of persons and percentages

,Total,Yes difficulty,No difficulty,
ABSOLUTE FIGURES,
    Both genders,
        Total,35,361.4,4,763.0,30,598.3,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,2,909.6,250.0,2,659.6,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,3,459.2,417.2,3,042.0,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,8,749.4,1,148.6,7,600.8,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,10,891.2,1,599.0,9,292.2,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,4,521.6,599.9,3,921.7,
        V: Unskilled workers,4,362.1,682.4,3,679.7,
        VI. Another type employees,275.2,49.4,225.8,
        No data recorded,193.1,16.5,176.5,
    Males,
        Total,17,249.8,2,769.8,14,480.0,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,1,371.8,173.6,1,198.3,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,1,744.6,255.8,1,488.8,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,4,191.6,617.0,3,574.6,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,5,597.5,990.2,4,607.3,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,2,128.8,352.3,1,776.5,
        V: Unskilled workers,2,016.8,352.5,1,664.3,
        VI. Another type employees,143.2,20.1,123.1,
        No data recorded,55.4,8.3,47.0,
    Females,
        Total,18,111.6,1,993.2,16,118.3,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,1,537.8,76.4,1,461.3,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,1,714.6,161.4,1,553.2,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,4,557.8,531.6,4,026.2,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,5,293.7,608.8,4,684.9,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,2,392.8,247.6,2,145.2,
        V: Unskilled workers,2,345.3,329.9,2,015.4,
        VI. Another type employees,132.0,29.3,102.6,
        No data recorded,137.7,8.2,129.5,
RELATIVE FIGURES,
    Both genders,
        Total,100.00,13.47,86.53,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,100.00,8.59,91.41,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,100.00,12.06,87.94,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,100.00,13.13,86.87,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,100.00,14.68,85.32,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,100.00,13.27,86.73,
        V: Unskilled workers,100.00,15.64,84.36,
        VI. Another type employees,100.00,17.96,82.04,
        No data recorded,100.00,8.56,91.44,
    Males,
        Total,100.00,16.06,83.94,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,100.00,12.65,87.35,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,100.00,14.66,85.34,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,100.00,14.72,85.28,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,100.00,17.69,82.31,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,100.00,16.55,83.45,
        V: Unskilled workers,100.00,17.48,82.52,
        VI. Another type employees,100.00,14.03,85.97,
        No data recorded,100.00,15.07,84.93,
    Females,
        Total,100.00,11.01,88.99,
        I: AA.PP. executives and of companies with 10 or more wage earners and Professions associated  with university degree,100.00,4.97,95.03,
        II:Executives od companies with less than 10 employees and Professions associated  with intermediate degree. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,100.00,9.41,90.59,
        III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services workers and Security. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,100.00,11.66,88.34,
        IVa: Skilled manual workers,100.00,11.50,88.50,
        IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,100.00,10.35,89.65,
        V: Unskilled workers,100.00,14.07,85.93,
        VI. Another type employees,100.00,22.23,77.77,
        No data recorded,100.00,5.95,94.05,
Notes:
1) ~'social class of the main breadwinner '~Social class categories have been extracted from the report 'The  measurement of the social class in Health Sciences' the Society  by the Spanish Epidemiology Society.
Source: National Statistics Institute and Ministry of Health and Consumption