Statistics on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities Measures to encourage employment Employed persons with disabilities who make Social Security contributions, according to reductions/discounts in contributions due to disability, by sex Unidades: thousands of persons and percentages Persons with disabilities Vertical percentage: Persons with disabilities Both sexes Total 2012 200 100 2011 231,2 100 2010 227,7 100 2009 209,6 100 2008 169,1 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 150 75 2011 171,8 74,3 2010 170,1 74,7 2009 151,1 72,1 2008 117,9 69,7 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 50 25 2011 59,5 25,7 2010 57,6 25,3 2009 58,4 27,9 2008 51,2 30,3 Males Total 2012 118,7 100 2011 141,1 100 2010 143,6 100 2009 135,1 100 2008 116,5 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 83,6 70,4 2011 99,3 70,4 2010 104,3 72,7 2009 94,2 69,7 2008 78 66,9 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 35,1 29,6 2011 41,8 29,6 2010 39,2 27,3 2009 41 30,3 2008 38,6 33,1 Females Total 2012 81,3 100 2011 90,1 100 2010 84,1 100 2009 74,4 100 2008 52,5 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 66,4 81,7 2011 72,5 80,4 2010 65,8 78,2 2009 57 76,6 2008 39,9 76 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 14,9 18,3 2011 17,7 19,6 2010 18,4 21,8 2009 17,5 23,4 2008 12,6 24 Notas: This considers persons with recognised disabilities, that is, those with a degree of disability that is greater than or equal to 33%, according to the assessment procedure set out in RD 1971/1999 and amended by RD 1856/2009. 2) The results of cells whose value is lower than 5.0 (5,000 persons or households) must be considered cautiously, as they may be affected by large sampling errors 3) The data refers solely to persons with disabilities who make Social Security contributions and do so in ordinary centres. This excludes Special employment centres and those civil servants who make contributions to State Mutual Provident Societies Fuente: National Statistics Institute