Disability, Independence and Dependency Situations Survey 
Caregivers
C* Difficulties encountered by the main caregiver by gender and number of disabilities. Population six years and over with a disability that receives care.
Unidades: thousands of persons

	Total	Experiences special difficulty due to lack of physical strength	Has doubts about the best way of doing it	Thinks that the person they care for does not collaborate or resists when they help them with this task	Think that they need more specialised training to carry out the care provided	Has other difficulties	Has no difficulties	Not given	
Total	
    Total	2.120,6	588,6	316,2	275,9	359,6	238,6	822,9	410,3	
    Just one disability	465,2	90,4	53,8	47,4	53,4	31,9	198,5	106,6	
    Two disabilities	403,7	92	48,3	40,7	62	32	177,6	79,5	
    Three disabilities	429	123,4	66,5	45,8	72,3	50	171,2	81,7	
    Four disabilities	274,4	85,5	45,6	36,8	47,8	30,4	103,9	51,5	
    Five to eight disabilities	548,2	197,3	102	105,1	124,2	94,3	171,6	91	
Man	
    Total	813,3	256,8	131,4	132	144,7	110,4	283,2	157,5	
    Just one disability	196,2	42,7	22,1	25	22,3	15,7	74,7	48,7	
    Two disabilities	158,1	42,6	19,1	20,2	24,8	15,6	64,3	31,9	
    Three disabilities	159,9	54,8	30,8	23,2	30,5	25,7	58	27	
    Four disabilities	103,7	37,3	21,3	17,2	20,5	15,9	33,7	19,2	
    Five to eight disabilities	195,3	79,4	38,2	46,4	46,6	37,3	52,4	30,6	
Woman	
    Total	1.307,3	331,7	184,8	143,9	214,9	128,2	539,7	252,7	
    Just one disability	269	47,7	31,7	22,4	31,1	16,1	123,7	57,9	
    Two disabilities	245,6	49,4	29,2	20,5	37,2	16,3	113,3	47,5	
    Three disabilities	269,1	68,5	35,7	22,6	41,8	24,3	113,3	54,7	
    Four disabilities	170,7	48,3	24,4	19,7	27,3	14,4	70,2	32,3	
    Five to eight disabilities	353	117,9	63,9	58,7	77,5	57	119,2	60,4	
Notas:
The number of disabilities refers to the 8 disability groups: vision, hearing, communication, learning, mobility, self-care, home life and personal interactions and relationships 
 * Los datos correspondientes a celdas con menos de 5 mil personas han de ser tomados con precaución, ya que pueden estar afectados de elevados errores de muestreo. 
 2) A caregiver may encounter more than one type of difficulty.
Fuente: Instituto Nacional de Estadística