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 School leavers rate (%)
Characteristic Description
Name School leavers rate (%) by Place of residence (City, NUTS - 2013); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - 2011
First available period 2011
Last available period 2011
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (City, NUTS - 2013)
Concepts
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • SCHOOL LEAVING:  Leaving the educational system before completing the compulsory education, within the age limits provided for in the law.
  • 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).
Formule (Resident population aged between 10 and 15 years old who left school without attaining lower secondary education/ Resident population aged between 10 and 15 years old)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 23/07/2015


information presented in 5/11/2025