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 Family nuclei with children (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Family nuclei with children (No.) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2021), Age group of the youngest child and Type of family nucleus; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2021
First available period 2021
Last available period 2021
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence at the Census moment [2021]
  • Age group of the youngest child
  • Type of family nucleus
Concepts
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • CHILD IN THE FAMILY NUCLEUS:  Condition recognised for a blood child, adopted or stepchild, regardless the age or legal marital status, who usually lives in the classic household of one of his parents and has no spouse, a partner in a consensual union or children of his own in that household.
  • FAMILY NUCLEUS:  Group of two or more persons who belong to the same private household and have a relationship of spouses, partners in a consensual union or parent and descendants, which may correspond to a couple without children, a couple with one or more children, or a parent with one or more children.
  • 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).
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/11/2022


information presented in 4/11/2025