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 Proportion of resident population with higher education completed (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of resident population with higher education completed (%) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013) and Sex; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • TERTIARY EDUCATION:  Education level that comprises university and polytechnic education, for persons with a secondary or equivalent course and those aged 23 and over, who if not having the qualifications referred to, may apply through special examinations.
Formule (Resident population with 21 and more years old with higher education completed/ Resident population with 21 and more years old)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 29/01/2016


information presented in 25/11/2024