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, according to whether they are wage earners or self-employed workers (freelancers) Unidades: thousands of persons and percentages Persons with disabilities Vertical percentage: Persons with disabilities Total 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 Wage-earners who make Social Security contributions Total 2012 199,4 100 2011 203,5 100 2010 201,5 100 2009 187,2 100 2008 148,5 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 . . 2011 149,3 73,4 2010 149,5 74,2 2009 131,9 70,5 2008 100,1 67,4 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 . . 2011 54,2 26,6 2010 52 25,8 2009 55,3 29,5 2008 48,4 32,6 Self-employed workers, or workers in another professional situation, who make Social Security contributions Total 2012 0,6 100 2011 27,7 100 2010 26,2 100 2009 22,3 100 2008 20,6 100 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, without reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 . . 2011 22,5 81,2 2010 20,6 78,5 2009 19,2 86,1 2008 17,8 86,6 Employed persons who make Social Security contributions, and who have reductions or discounts in the contribution quotas 2012 . . 2011 5,2 18,8 2010 5,6 21,5 2009 3,1 13,9 2008 2,8 13,4 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