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 Marriages (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Marriages (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.) by Place of registration (NUTS - 2013), Sex, Matrimonial regime and Spouse previous marital status; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Marriage statistics
First available period 2011
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of registration (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
  • Matrimonial regime
  • Spouse previous marital status
Concepts
  • MARRIAGE:  The contract entered into by two persons of the opposite sex that intend to found a family in partnership and cohabitation.
  • 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).
  • PLACE OF REGISTRATION:  The location of the registry office where a birth, marriage or death was recorded. In the case of a divorce, it is the registry office or court of law where it was decreed.
  • MARITAL STATUS:  A person's legal situation consisting of the qualities defining his or her personal status in terms of family relations figuring in the register. It comprises the following situations: single, married, widow(er), divorced.
  • MARRIAGE:  Contract signed by two persons that intend to start a family in full partnership and cohabitation according to legislation.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 30/04/2024


information presented in 17/7/2024