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 Self-employed population (Series 1992 - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Self-employed population (Series 1992 - No.) by Sex and Occupational status; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1992
Last available period 1997
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Occupational status
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • EMPLOYMENT STATUS:  Dependent or independent relationship of an active person in the practice of the profession, according to the economic risks involved and to the nature of his/her control within the enterprise.
  • SELF-EMPLOYED WORKERS:  Self-employed workers are defined as persons who are the sole owners, or joint owners, of the unincorporated enterprises in which they work, excluding those unincorporated enterprises that are classified as quasi-companies. Self-employed workers are classified here if they are not also in a paid employment which constitutes their principal activity.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 26/06/2007


information presented in 25/11/2024