European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS OF REGULAR HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES
Difficulty in carrying out household-related activities, according to type of activity, sex and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over
Units: percentage

,Prepare one's own meals,,,,,,Use the telephone,,,,,,Carry out shopping,,,,,,Take medicine,,,,,,Carry out light housework,,,,,,Carry out heavy housework,,,,,,Manage one's own money,,,,,,
,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,Total,No difficulty,Some difficulty due to health reasons,Severe difficulty due to health reasons,Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons,Difficulty due to other reasons,
Both sexes,
    Total,100.00,92.34,1.55,0.57,2.48,3.05,100.00,96.68,0.97,0.42,1.68,0.25,100.00,93.40,1.72,0.89,3.38,0.61,100.00,96.26,1.11,0.39,1.92,0.32,100.00,90.51,2.72,1.11,3.35,2.31,100.00,83.61,4.07,2.34,7.30,2.68,100.00,95.73,0.93,0.34,2.50,0.50,
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,76.83,5.64,1.96,11.04,4.52,100.00,84.60,4.07,1.82,8.05,1.46,100.00,75.72,5.53,3.26,14.17,1.31,100.00,84.86,4.27,1.67,8.45,0.75,100.00,69.61,8.39,3.75,14.30,3.94,100.00,54.96,8.70,6.44,25.94,3.95,100.00,81.93,3.56,1.60,11.18,1.73,
    Complete primary education,100.00,90.01,1.68,0.89,2.78,4.64,100.00,96.49,1.23,0.54,1.71,0.02,100.00,91.74,2.30,1.19,3.95,0.81,100.00,95.79,1.17,0.50,2.18,0.36,100.00,87.08,4.03,1.45,3.46,3.98,100.00,78.02,5.76,3.44,8.91,3.86,100.00,95.15,0.96,0.38,2.89,0.61,
    Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,94.96,0.98,0.06,0.41,3.60,100.00,99.53,0.25,0.07,0.13,0.03,100.00,97.32,0.86,0.27,0.86,0.69,100.00,98.52,0.55,0.15,0.31,0.46,100.00,94.95,1.26,0.71,0.74,2.35,100.00,89.77,3.06,1.33,2.91,2.94,100.00,98.49,0.56,0.04,0.48,0.43,
    Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,97.30,0.43,0.15,0.47,1.64,100.00,99.51,0.16,0.03,0.22,0.08,100.00,98.08,0.71,0.26,0.72,0.23,100.00,99.25,0.23,0.02,0.35,0.15,100.00,96.71,1.15,0.38,0.91,0.84,100.00,92.06,2.79,1.18,2.51,1.45,100.00,99.24,0.29,0.06,0.34,0.07,
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,98.28,0.06,0.05,0.11,1.50,100.00,99.74,0.05,0.05,0.16,0.00,100.00,99.06,0.44,0.12,0.27,0.11,100.00,99.73,0.05,0.00,0.11,0.11,100.00,98.22,0.29,0.16,0.37,0.96,100.00,95.03,1.11,0.56,1.60,1.70,100.00,99.70,0.10,0.00,0.11,0.09,
    University education,100.00,97.36,0.54,0.19,0.47,1.44,100.00,99.40,0.15,0.07,0.30,0.06,100.00,98.34,0.45,0.25,0.64,0.33,100.00,99.13,0.50,0.04,0.29,0.05,100.00,97.21,0.68,0.14,0.86,1.11,100.00,93.72,1.75,0.61,2.21,1.72,100.00,99.25,0.17,0.03,0.46,0.10,
Male,
    Total,100.00,90.97,0.87,0.37,2.04,5.75,100.00,97.36,0.68,0.39,1.29,0.28,100.00,94.98,1.08,0.56,2.37,1.01,100.00,96.67,0.93,0.30,1.56,0.54,100.00,91.04,1.18,0.71,2.60,4.48,100.00,87.86,2.13,1.30,4.55,4.16,100.00,96.72,0.75,0.23,1.77,0.52,
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,74.97,3.22,1.10,9.93,10.78,100.00,87.20,2.93,1.58,6.46,1.83,100.00,81.51,3.47,2.11,10.41,2.50,100.00,86.57,3.87,1.24,7.02,1.30,100.00,73.10,3.31,2.73,11.40,9.46,100.00,64.86,5.15,4.06,17.68,8.25,100.00,86.32,2.59,1.42,7.88,1.80,
    Complete primary education,100.00,87.06,0.99,0.56,2.28,9.12,100.00,96.74,1.09,0.64,1.48,0.05,100.00,93.10,1.58,0.74,3.12,1.46,100.00,95.81,0.98,0.52,1.98,0.71,100.00,86.30,2.01,1.04,2.90,7.76,100.00,82.77,3.13,2.02,5.76,6.33,100.00,95.81,0.95,0.27,2.22,0.75,
    Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,93.36,0.48,0.09,0.55,5.52,100.00,99.55,0.10,0.11,0.21,0.03,100.00,97.65,0.52,0.10,0.69,1.03,100.00,98.31,0.37,0.10,0.51,0.71,100.00,94.50,0.48,0.24,0.86,3.92,100.00,92.53,1.53,0.58,1.66,3.69,100.00,98.12,0.62,0.00,0.70,0.56,
    Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,96.34,0.28,0.17,0.40,2.80,100.00,99.48,0.11,0.00,0.26,0.15,100.00,98.33,0.42,0.25,0.63,0.37,100.00,99.18,0.26,0.00,0.33,0.23,100.00,96.74,0.67,0.31,0.78,1.51,100.00,94.36,1.28,0.76,1.55,2.06,100.00,99.29,0.23,0.02,0.33,0.13,
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,96.92,0.11,0.09,0.20,2.69,100.00,99.63,0.09,0.09,0.19,0.00,100.00,98.77,0.51,0.21,0.30,0.20,100.00,99.51,0.09,0.00,0.20,0.20,100.00,97.33,0.21,0.13,0.62,1.72,100.00,94.91,1.06,0.15,1.15,2.73,100.00,99.63,0.18,0.00,0.19,0.00,
    University education,100.00,95.56,0.56,0.32,0.67,2.89,100.00,99.25,0.19,0.15,0.31,0.10,100.00,98.20,0.45,0.24,0.62,0.48,100.00,98.76,0.64,0.06,0.44,0.10,100.00,96.23,0.36,0.13,1.08,2.20,100.00,94.51,0.87,0.29,2.07,2.25,100.00,99.23,0.23,0.00,0.54,0.00,
Female,
    Total,100.00,93.65,2.20,0.75,2.90,0.49,100.00,96.03,1.24,0.45,2.06,0.21,100.00,91.88,2.34,1.21,4.35,0.22,100.00,95.86,1.29,0.48,2.26,0.11,100.00,90.01,4.18,1.49,4.06,0.26,100.00,79.55,5.93,3.33,9.93,1.26,100.00,94.78,1.10,0.44,3.21,0.47,
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education,100.00,78.10,7.29,2.55,11.80,0.27,100.00,82.79,4.87,1.98,9.15,1.21,100.00,71.73,6.96,4.05,16.77,0.48,100.00,83.68,4.54,1.97,9.45,0.37,100.00,67.23,11.86,4.45,16.29,0.17,100.00,48.15,11.14,8.08,31.62,1.00,100.00,78.87,4.24,1.73,13.48,1.69,
    Complete primary education,100.00,92.94,2.36,1.22,3.28,0.21,100.00,96.24,1.37,0.44,1.95,0.00,100.00,90.37,3.04,1.65,4.79,0.16,100.00,95.76,1.36,0.48,2.39,0.01,100.00,87.86,6.04,1.87,4.01,0.22,100.00,73.27,8.40,4.87,12.07,1.39,100.00,94.49,0.97,0.50,3.57,0.46,
    Secondary education, 1st stage,100.00,96.63,1.50,0.03,0.26,1.58,100.00,99.50,0.41,0.02,0.05,0.03,100.00,96.96,1.23,0.44,1.04,0.33,100.00,98.75,0.74,0.21,0.10,0.19,100.00,95.42,2.08,1.19,0.61,0.70,100.00,86.81,4.68,2.12,4.25,2.13,100.00,98.88,0.50,0.08,0.25,0.29,
    Secondary education, 2nd stage,100.00,98.25,0.58,0.13,0.53,0.50,100.00,99.53,0.22,0.06,0.19,0.00,100.00,97.83,0.99,0.27,0.82,0.09,100.00,99.32,0.20,0.04,0.37,0.07,100.00,96.69,1.63,0.46,1.04,0.19,100.00,89.79,4.30,1.61,3.47,0.84,100.00,99.19,0.36,0.10,0.35,0.01,
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent,100.00,100.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,100.00,99.88,0.00,0.00,0.12,0.00,100.00,99.42,0.35,0.00,0.24,0.00,100.00,100.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,100.00,99.36,0.40,0.20,0.05,0.00,100.00,95.20,1.17,1.09,2.17,0.38,100.00,99.80,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.20,
    University education,100.00,98.99,0.53,0.07,0.28,0.13,100.00,99.55,0.12,0.00,0.30,0.03,100.00,98.46,0.45,0.25,0.66,0.18,100.00,99.46,0.37,0.02,0.16,0.00,100.00,98.09,0.96,0.16,0.66,0.13,100.00,92.99,2.54,0.89,2.33,1.25,100.00,99.26,0.13,0.05,0.38,0.18,
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero
 The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error.
Source: National Statistics Institute