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 Unemployed population (Series 2011 - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Unemployed population (Série 2011 - No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2013) and Sex; Quarterly
Regularity Quarterly
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1st Quarter 2011
Last available period 4th Quarter 2020
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Quarter)
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2013)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • UNEMPLOYED:  Person aged between 15 and 74 years who during the reference period: 1) neither had a job nor were at work; 2) was available for paid employment or self-employment; 3) had actively sought work, i.e. had taken specific steps during the specified period (reference period or the three previous weeks) to seek paid employment or self-employment. The following are considered as specific steps: 1) having been in contact with a public employment office or with a private agency to find work; 2) applying to employers directly; 3) asking among friends, relatives, trade unions, etc., to find work; 4) placing, answering or studying job advertisements; 5) taking a recruitment test or examination or being interviewed; 6) looking for land, premises or equipment; 7) applying for permits, licences or financial resources. The job availability criteria are based on the following: 1) the willingness to work; 2) the desire to have paid employment or self-employment if the necessary resources can be obtained; 3) availability to start working in the reference period or at least within two weeks.
  • 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).
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
Formule Estimated value
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 30/11/2023


information presented in 2/11/2025