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 Recipients of sickness benefits, of social security (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Recipients of sickness benefits, of social security (No.) by Sex; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Institute of Informatics
First available period 1990
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • ILLNESS BENEFIT:  Cash benefit granted to employees in case of illness, being allocated in the same way as the disability pension.
  • 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).
  • BENEFICIARY:  A person registered as entitled to social protection, within the scope of contributory and non-contributory social security schemes.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations SOCIAL SECURITY: Set of legally established systems and sub-systems administered in the terms set forth in the Portuguese Constitution, in applicable international instruments and in the Social Security law.
Last update date 08/07/2025


information presented in 9/7/2025