From the analysis of the 2011 Census and the Labour Force Survey for the 2nd half of 2011 on the Employment of Persons with Disabilities, we highlight the main results:
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About 16% of people between 15 and 64 years had both long-term health problems and difficulties in performing basic activities;
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About 50% of the elderly population had much difficulty or was unable to perform at least one of the 6 day-to-day activities;
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40.5% of the resident population between 15 and 64 years was affected by a health problem or long-term illness;
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An analysis by employment status indicates that the majority of the employed population did not report health problems or long-term illnesses (62.9%), while 19.6% reported one health problem and 17.5% indicated two or more problems;
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When problems and difficulties are more severe, the probability of unemployment increases by 7 percentage points for men and between 17 pp and 29 pp for women, compared to the situation of their same sex peers with no problems or difficulties.