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 Effective weekly hours of work (Series 1998 - h) of employed population
Characteristic Description
Name Effective weekly hours of work (Series 1998 - h) of employed population by Sex, Occupational status and Work duration regime; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1998
Last available period 2010
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Occupational status
  • Work duration regime
Concepts
  • EMPLOYMENT STATUS:  Dependent or independent relationship of an active person in the practice of the profession, according to the economic risks involved and to the nature of his/her control within the enterprise.
  • 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).
  • EMPLOYED:  Person aged 15 years or over who during the reference period was in one of the following situations: 1) worked for at least one hour for a wage or salary, in cash or in kind; 2) had a formal attachment to his/her job, but was not at work, temporarily; 3) had an enterprise, but was not at work, temporarily, for any specific reason; 4) was in early retirement, but working in the reference period.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • HOURS ACTUALLY WORKED:  The number of hours acctually worked during the reference period. Includes overtime.
Measure unit (symbol) Hour (h)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 03/09/2014


information presented in 4/11/2025