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 Active population (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Active population (No.) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2011), Sex, Age group and Marital status; Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Marital status
Concepts
  • LABOUR FORCE /ACTIVE POPULATION:  All persons aged 15 or over who, during the reference period, made up the available labour force for the production of economic goods and services (employed and unemployed).
  • MARITAL STATUS:  A person's legal situation consisting of the qualities defining his or her personal status in terms of family relations figuring in the register. It comprises the following situations: a) single, b) married, c) widow(er), d) divorced.
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference .
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 20/11/2012


information presented in 7/5/2024