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 age and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

;Total;;;6 to 64 years old;;;65 to 79 years old;;;80 years old and over;;;
;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;687.8;305.1;382.8;643.4;212.4;431.0;756.9;193.2;563.7;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;534.9;230.4;304.5;141.4;88.8;52.6;151.8;72.5;79.3;241.7;69.1;172.6;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;207.4;80.4;127.0;71.0;40.6;30.4;52.8;20.0;32.8;83.7;19.8;63.9;
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;59.3;38.6;20.7;51.2;25.9;25.3;90.5;24.3;66.2;
They have other difficulties;196.1;75.9;120.2;62.5;32.9;29.6;52.2;20.0;32.2;81.4;23.0;58.4;
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;65.9;36.4;29.5;51.3;18.4;32.9;81.2;19.6;61.6;
They have no difficulty;579.4;183.1;396.3;161.7;71.1;90.5;182.2;53.5;128.8;235.5;58.5;177.0;
No data recorded;730.8;207.9;522.9;294.9;97.7;197.3;249.9;66.4;183.5;186.0;43.9;142.2;
Notes:
1) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 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