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 Familiar agricultural population (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Familiar agricultural population (No.) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001), Sex, Age group, Relationship and Agricultural training; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Agriculture census - historical series
First available period 1989
Last available period 2009
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2001)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Relationship
  • Agricultural training
Concepts
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference .
  • AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD:  Members of the (sole) holder's domestic household, no matter whether they work on the holding or not, as well as other family members that regularly carry out farm work on the holding but who do not belong to the household.
  • COMPLETE FORMAL AGRICULTURAL TRAINING:  Training acquired via a course, at least 2 years in duration, subsequent to the conclusion of compulsory schooling, concluded in a secondary school, agricultural college or university, in the field of agriculture, horticulture, viticulture, forestry, fish farming, veterinary sciences, agricultural technology or associated fields.
  • PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL TRAINING:  Training acquired through practical work in 1 or more agricultural holdings.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • AGRICULTURAL HOLDING:  Technical-economic unit that uses common production factors such as labour, machinery, facilities, land, among others, fulfilling the following four conditions: 1) yield agricultural products or maintain, in good agricultural and environmental conditions, the lands that are no longer used for productive purposes; 2) reach or exceed a certain size (in area or number of animals); 3) be subject to a single management; 4) be located in a well-defined and identifiable area.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/05/2011


information presented in 17/5/2024