Economically Active Population Survey National results Persons aged 16 to 64 years old (*) who claim reasons other than health problems that interfere with their ability to work, according to the main reason, by sex and professional situation Units: absolute value in thousands and percentages ,Total,,Lack of qualification/experience,,Lack of adequate employment opportunities,,Limited or non-existent transport to and from work,,Lack of flexibility of employers,,Changing or starting a job would not provide benefits,,Family responsibilities or personal care responsibilities,,Personal reasons,,Other reasons,, ,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage,Absolute value,Percentage, Total, Total,685.5,100.00,47.9,6.99,146.6,21.38,28.0,4.09,22.7,3.31,12.2,1.78,175.8,25.64,77.4,11.29,175.0,25.53, Freelance workers,194.8,100.00,30.2,15.48,27.7,14.24,11.6,5.96,6.4,3.26,5.2,2.65,53.1,27.27,25.3,13.00,35.3,18.13, Employed by others,69.1,100.00,3.3,4.84,8.3,11.97,0.4,0.51,0.8,1.12,0.4,0.60,15.9,22.98,11.8,17.12,28.2,40.85, Unclassifiable,421.6,100.00,14.4,3.41,110.6,26.22,16.1,3.81,15.5,3.68,6.6,1.57,106.8,25.32,40.2,9.54,111.4,26.43, Male, Total,262.1,100.00,16.5,6.30,79.6,30.36,9.0,3.45,9.5,3.64,4.5,1.72,22.2,8.48,30.3,11.57,90.4,34.48, Freelance workers,49.6,100.00,9.0,18.16,10.6,21.27,1.4,2.80,4.0,8.20,0.7,1.30,1.8,3.58,7.2,14.61,14.9,30.08, Employed by others,33.5,100.00,2.6,7.89,5.6,16.72,.,.,.,.,.,.,4.5,13.60,6.7,20.07,14.0,41.73, Unclassifiable,179.0,100.00,4.9,2.72,63.4,35.43,7.6,4.27,5.5,3.08,3.8,2.14,15.9,8.87,16.3,9.13,61.5,34.35, Female, Total,423.4,100.00,31.4,7.41,67.0,15.82,19.0,4.48,13.1,3.10,7.7,1.82,153.6,36.27,47.1,11.12,84.6,19.98, Freelance workers,145.2,100.00,21.1,14.56,17.2,11.84,10.2,7.04,2.3,1.59,4.5,3.11,51.3,35.37,18.1,12.45,20.4,14.05, Employed by others,35.6,100.00,0.7,1.99,2.7,7.52,0.4,0.99,0.8,2.18,0.4,1.17,11.3,31.80,5.1,14.34,14.3,40.02, Unclassifiable,242.6,100.00,9.5,3.92,47.1,19.43,8.4,3.47,10.0,4.13,2.8,1.15,90.9,37.46,23.9,9.85,50.0,20.59, Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) (*) This figure does not consider those persons in a critical or terminal state 2) professional situation: 'unclassifiable' corresponds to those unemployed persons who did not work previously, or for whom, if they did work previously, this was more than 8 years ago Source: National Statistics Institute