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REFERENCE PERIOD: &nbsp; Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD: &nbsp; A group of people living at the same dwelling, with either "de jure" or "de facto" family relationships,occupying the all or part of a dwelling; or a single person that fully or partly accupies a dwelling.

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Gini coefficient (%)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Gini coefficient (Early series - %); Annual
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Statistics on income and living conditions
First available period	2003
Last available period	2007
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (Portugal)
Concepts	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). PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD: A group of people living at the same dwelling, with either "de jure" or "de facto" family relationships,occupying the all or part of a dwelling; or a single person that fully or partly accupies a dwelling.
Definition	Coeficiente de Gini é um indicador de desigualdade na distribuição do rendimento que visa sintetizar num único valor a assimetria dessa distribuição. Assume valores entre 0 (quando todos os indivíduos têm igual rendimento) e 100 (quando todo o rendimento se concentra num único indivíduo).
Measure unit (symbol)	Percentage (%)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	15/07/2009