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 group of disability and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: thousands of persons

;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;2,088.1;710.6;1,377.6;519.3;160.7;358.7;461.2;150.4;310.8;595.7;254.2;341.5;548.0;223.4;324.6;1,751.4;559.8;1,191.6;1,534.2;541.7;992.4;1,687.4;491.5;1,195.9;507.4;221.5;285.9;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;534.9;230.4;304.5;151.5;56.5;95.0;138.6;52.2;86.4;236.0;98.6;137.4;217.6;86.8;130.7;495.3;206.9;288.4;498.9;211.8;287.1;470.5;185.8;284.7;210.1;90.4;119.7;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;207.4;80.4;127.0;56.7;15.6;41.0;50.2;15.1;35.0;98.6;39.6;59.0;96.5;39.0;57.5;175.3;61.4;114.0;186.2;69.7;116.5;175.6;60.7;115.0;90.3;39.8;50.5;
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;54.2;17.9;36.3;49.7;17.6;32.1;127.8;55.4;72.4;125.9;55.8;70.1;168.7;68.2;100.4;186.9;79.8;107.1;173.5;69.0;104.4;122.3;56.8;65.5;
They have other difficulties;196.1;75.9;120.2;61.0;20.9;40.1;47.1;16.1;31.0;93.7;37.5;56.2;88.2;35.5;52.7;174.0;64.1;109.9;177.2;69.3;107.9;174.5;62.2;112.4;89.3;37.6;51.7;
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;58.7;18.1;40.6;48.5;15.3;33.2;94.2;36.7;57.5;91.9;35.5;56.4;173.1;58.9;114.2;178.9;64.1;114.8;169.7;56.2;113.5;90.1;37.6;52.5;
They have no difficulty;579.4;183.1;396.3;146.5;44.5;102.0;128.7;38.1;90.6;145.8;58.7;87.0;126.9;48.9;78.0;478.5;137.0;341.5;451.0;147.0;304.0;480.2;126.7;353.5;114.4;48.2;66.2;
No data recorded;730.8;207.9;522.9;155.7;39.8;115.8;141.6;42.5;99.0;105.2;50.4;54.8;98.2;43.6;54.7;583.4;153.0;430.4;376.3;108.6;267.7;535.8;115.7;420.0;81.9;39.5;42.4;
Notes:
1) A person may have disabilities from more than one group of disability 
 2) A carer may find more than one difficulty 
  
 3) 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