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 Volunteer rate of resident population aged 15 and over (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Volunteer rate of resident population aged 15 and over (%) by Sex and Activity status; Irregular
Regularity Annual
Source Volunteer Work Survey
First available period 2018
Last available period 2018
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Activity status
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.
  • 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).
  • LABOUR FORCE STATUS:  The status of an individual with respect to his/her economic activity during the reference period, liable of being considered active or inactive.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • VOLUNTEERS:  Set of actions, with social and community interest, held by people selflessly and within projects, programs and other forms of intervention developed by nonprofit entities, public or private, to serve the individuals, families and the community.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 05/07/2021


information presented in 27/6/2025