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 Proportion of active population (Series 2011 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of active population (Series 2011 - %) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2001), Sex and Highest completed level of education; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 2011
Last available period 2015
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2001)
  • Sex
  • Highest completed level of education
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).
  • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  The degrees, diplomas, certificates, professional titles and so forth that an individual has acquired by study.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • 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).
Definition Percentage relation between the active population (by complete education level) and the total active population.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 09/02/2016


information presented in 4/11/2025