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 Illiteracy rate (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Illiteracy rate (%) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2011) and Sex; 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 (Freguesia - at the time of the 2011 Census)
  • Sex
Concepts
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  The persons who regardless of the fact that at the moment of observation ' 0:00 a.m. of the reference day ' are present or absent in a given housing unit, this unit being where they live during most of the year with their family, or where they have all or most of their belongings.
  • 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).
  • ILLITERATE:  Person aged 10 or over who cannot read or write, i.e. who is unable to read and understand a written sentence or write a complete sentence.
Formule

(Resident population with 10 and more years old ("It does not know to read or write")/ Resident population with 10 and more years old)*100

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 13/02/2014


information presented in 26/12/2024