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 Marriages of employed spouses (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Marriages of employed spouses (Between persons of the opposite sex - No.) by Place of registration (NUTS - 2002), Wife's occupation and Husband's occupation; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Marriage statistics
First available period 1995
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of registration (NUTS - 2002)
  • Wife's occupation
  • Husband's occupation
Concepts
  • 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.
  • OCCUPATION:  Trade or work modality, paid or unpaid, corresponding to a specific professional title, comprised of a set of tasks or activities with the same purpose and implying similar knowledge.
  • PLACE OF REGISTRATION:  The location of the registry office where a birth, marriage or death was recorded. In the case of a divorce, it is the registry office or court of law where it was decreed.
  • 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).
  • MARRIAGE:  The contract entered into by two persons of the opposite sex that intend to found a family in partnership and cohabitation.
Definition With Law no. 9/ 2010 of May 31, civil marriage can be held between persons of the same sex.
MARRIAGE - Contract signed by two persons that intend to start a family in full partnership and cohabitation according to legislation.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 22/05/2012


information presented in 2/11/2025