Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Carers and Personal Assistance. National results: Relative figures
Percentage of persons with disabilities, according to the difficulties the main carer finds, by group of impairment and sex of the person with disabilities
Units: Rate per 100 persons with disabilities who receive personal care

;Total;;;Mental impairments;;;Visual impairments;;;Hearing impairments;;;Language, speech and voice impairments;;;Osteoarticular impairments;;;Nervous system impairments;;;Visceral impairments;;;Other impairments;;;
;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;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;100.00;
They have particular difficulty as they lack physical strength;39.41;45.84;35.63;44.19;44.58;43.94;39.68;45.56;36.79;42.02;48.66;38.63;56.07;61.25;50.60;37.13;47.10;33.72;50.09;57.54;43.55;42.97;49.38;38.73;37.41;43.83;34.97;
They have doubts regarding the best way of doing so;15.28;15.99;14.87;21.40;22.27;20.84;14.46;11.34;15.99;15.38;13.80;16.19;15.38;14.46;16.35;12.44;12.29;12.49;17.37;16.83;17.85;14.85;13.24;15.91;13.65;11.84;14.34;
They believe that the person they care for does not cooperate, or resists, when they help them with that task;14.81;17.68;13.12;26.63;29.26;24.94;13.21;12.62;13.50;14.77;16.38;13.95;17.79;21.81;13.56;8.45;8.00;8.60;14.62;17.13;12.42;11.78;14.18;10.20;11.79;12.05;11.69;
They have other difficulties;14.45;15.11;14.06;18.54;18.68;18.45;15.98;16.83;15.56;14.69;15.38;14.33;22.17;21.97;22.38;11.87;12.09;11.79;18.76;18.54;18.95;15.88;15.03;16.44;11.25;13.82;10.28;
They believe that, in order to perform the care undertaken, they would need more specialised training than they have;14.62;14.79;14.51;19.74;18.80;20.35;15.17;13.64;15.92;14.32;12.73;15.13;15.51;15.05;16.00;11.87;9.45;12.70;16.52;16.82;16.26;13.81;14.45;13.39;11.97;13.87;11.25;
They have no difficulty;42.69;36.42;46.38;30.53;28.89;31.59;43.34;39.68;45.14;42.18;35.65;45.51;27.85;23.77;32.16;49.40;41.50;52.10;33.70;28.32;38.42;39.55;35.92;41.96;47.82;40.78;50.49;
Notes:
1) A person may have several original impairments   
   
 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