- general health condition (European mini-module) ;
- sensory difficulties ;
- motor difficulties ;
- cognitive difficulties ;
- home care (provided by professional workers or by friends and relatives) ;
- the use of technical aids or housing adaptation ;
- the official recognition of disability.

Private (i.e. non-institutional) households i.e. not living in communities (nursing homes, homes, prisons, hospitals...) or in mobile homes (sailors, homeless ...).
People living in homes for the elderly are included.
Dwellings in which at least one individual born before 2nd May 1955 lives. The respondents are all the residents of the dwelling over 15.