This is one of the findings reflected in the “Olivenza Report 2010” prepared by the State Observatory on Disability, which also noted that most family caregivers who look after people with disabilities are usually women, and only 8% are employees.
Furthermore, this study also found that in 30% of these cases, people with disabilities require more than eight hours of care per day, meaning that many caregivers are forced to stop working outside the home, thereby facing economic and health problems.
In addition to these findings, the “Olivenza Report 2010” states that only 5.4% of people with disabilities have university degrees, compared with 18.7% of people without disabilities.
The low educational level of some people with disabilities makes it difficult for them to access the labor market, a disadvantage that is even more pronounced when those people with disabilities are also women. In fact, according to data from the Labor Force Survey (EPA), of the 1.48 million people with disabilities of working age, only 28.3% are employed, 7.2% are unemployed, and the remaining 86% are outside the labor market.
In addition, this report provides other data concerning disability, such as the accessibility of homes belonging to people with disabilities. In 72% of households where a person with a disability lives, architectural barriers exist, and more than half acknowledge having difficulty moving around normally in their homes.
This lack of accessibility also affects public transportation and public roads, since, according to 50% of people with disabilities, they frequently have difficulty using public transportation or getting around the streets of the neighborhood where they live.
2 million people with disabilities receive personal care from family caregivers
This is one of the findings reflected in the “Olivenza Report 2010” prepared by the State Observatory on Disability, which also noted that most family caregivers who look after people with disabilities are usually women, and only 8% are employees.
Furthermore, this study also found that in 30% of these cases, people with disabilities require more than eight hours of care per day, meaning that many caregivers are forced to stop working outside the home, thereby facing economic and health problems.
In addition to these findings, the “Olivenza Report 2010” states that only 5.4% of people with disabilities have university degrees, compared with 18.7% of people without disabilities.
The low educational level of some people with disabilities makes it difficult for them to access the labor market, a disadvantage that is even more pronounced when those people with disabilities are also women. In fact, according to data from the Labor Force Survey (EPA), of the 1.48 million people with disabilities of working age, only 28.3% are employed, 7.2% are unemployed, and the remaining 86% are outside the labor market.
In addition, this report provides other data concerning disability, such as the accessibility of homes belonging to people with disabilities. In 72% of households where a person with a disability lives, architectural barriers exist, and more than half acknowledge having difficulty moving around normally in their homes.
This lack of accessibility also affects public transportation and public roads, since, according to 50% of people with disabilities, they frequently have difficulty using public transportation or getting around the streets of the neighborhood where they live.
