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 Total dependency ratio (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Total dependency ratio (No.) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2001); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2001
First available period 2001
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Freguesia - at the time of the 2001 Census)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • TOTAL DEPENDENCY RATE:  The ratio of the elderly (ages 65 and older) plus the young (under age 15) to the population in the working ages (ages 15-64), (usually expressed as 100 (102) people aged 15-64 years).
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
Formule TDR=[(P(0, 14)+P(65, +))/ P(15, 64)]*10^n

P(0, 14)=Resident population aged between 0 and 14 years old.
P(65, +)=Resident population with 65 and more years old.
P(15,64)=Resident population aged between 15 and 64 years old.
n=2.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 01/12/2011


information presented in 28/4/2024