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 Quarterly flows from inactivity to unemployment (Series 2021 - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Quarterly flows from inactivity to unemployment (Series 2021 - No.) by Sex; Quarterly
Regularity Quarterly
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey (Series 2021)
First available period 2nd Quarter 2011
Last available period 2nd Quarter 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Quarter)
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • INACTIVE:  Person aged below 16, above 89, 16 to 89 who, during the reference period, could not be considered active, i.e., was neither employed nor unemployed.
  • INACTIVE POPULATION:  Population formed by all inactive persons.
  • 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.
  • UNEMPLOYED:  Person aged between 16 and 74 who during the reference period met simultaneously the following conditions: 1) neither had a job nor was at work; 2) had actively sought work, i.e. had actively searched for a paid or unpaid job during the specified period (reference period or the three previous weeks); 3) was available for a paid or unpaid job.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 13/08/2025


information presented in 5/11/2025