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 Activity rate (Série 2011 - %) of resident population with 15 and more years old
Characteristic Description
Name Activity rate (Série 2011 - %) of resident population with 15 and more years old by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013) and Urban areas typology; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 2011
Last available period 2020
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Urban areas typology
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).
  • PREDOMINANTLY RURAL AREA:  Parish not classified either as APU or as AMU.
  • PREDOMINANTLY URBAN AREA:  Parish that fulfills, at least, one of the following requirements: 1) the higher value of the average between the weight of the population in the parish¿s total population and the weight of the area in the parish¿s total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space doesn¿t surpass 50% of the parish¿s total area; 2) the parish is the location of the municipal council and has a population of more than 5 000 inhabitants; 3) the parish includes, totally or partially, a locality with a population of 5 000 or more inhabitants, being the weight of the population in the parish¿s total population or in the locality¿s total population equal to or higher than 50%.
  • ACTIVITY RATE (population aged 15 years old and over):  rate that defines the relation between the active population (labour force) and the working age population (population aged 15 years old and over).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • MEDIUM URBAN AREA:  Parish that fulfills, at least, one of the following requirements: 1) the higher value of the average between the weight of population in the parish's total population and of the weight of the area in the parish's total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space surpasses 50% of the parish's total area; 2) the higher value of the average between the weight of population in the paris's total population and of the weight of the area in the paris's total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space doesn't surpass 50% of the paris's total area; 3) the parish is the location of the municipal council and has a population equal to or below 5 000 inhabitants; 4) the parish includes, totally or partially, a locality with a population of 2 000 or more inhabitants and less than 5 000 inhabitants, being the weight of the population in the parishs total population or in the locality's total population equal to or higher than 50%.
Formule (Active population/ Resident population with 15 and more years old)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 24/11/2023


information presented in 5/7/2024