Socioeconomic deprivation in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area : evolutionary analysis for the decade 2001-2011

The association between poverty, disease and death has long been recognized. The economic growth observed during the twentieth century had a very positive effect on the population’s living ...

Mortality in Portugal since 1950

In this paper we analyze and characterize the evolution of mortality in Portugal since 1950 based on a selected set of indicators, and contextualize these trends within the framework of a set of ...

Deafblindness in Portugal : characterization of the population according to age and sex

Deafblindness, a disability which although rare compromises the lives of thousands of people in the world, is still subject of few studies. In Portugal, it is unknown the number of cases of deafblind ...

Demographic changes in Portugal

Over the period 2001-2013, Portugal experienced a decrease in both natural change and net migration, which became negative. Fertility remains at levels far below those necessary to renew the ...

A portrait of youth condition in Portugal: highlights and trends in the 2001 and 2011 censuses

The aim of this article is to portray the social situation of Portuguese youth nowadays, and identify the main trends of permanence and change that have occurred in this population over the past ...

Recent trend concerning foreign students in Portugal (2005/6 to 2012/13)

Recently in Portugal there has been a substantial increase in the number of foreign students in higher education. This research aims to analyze the evolution of foreign students’ enrolments ...

Foreign and foreign-born residents in Portugal, the CPLP highlighted

This article fits the motto of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) “Migration for the benefit of all.” The IOM is based on the principle that human and orderly migration ...

Chinese population living in Portugal : a characterization based on 2011 Census

The aim of this analysis, based exclusively on Census 2011 data, is to give a picture of Chinese population living in Portugal, identifying their main demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. ...

Characterization of foreign population living in Portugal, based on 2011 Census

This paper attempts to characterize the foreign population living in Portugal, based on 2011 Census. The analysis of the final results was developed according to various themes: territorial ...

Foreign employers in Portugal : what the Census highlight

The European Commission has been encouraging Member States to acknowledge the essential contribution that immigrant entrepreneurs have to a sustainable growth and the increase of employment. In ...