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 Private households (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Private households (No.) by Place of residence (at the date of Census 2011), Sex (reference person of private household), Dimension (private household) and Nationality (Country - reference person of private household); 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 (à data dos Censos 2011)
  • Sex (reference person of private household)
  • Dimension (private household)
  • Nationality (Country - reference person of private household)
Concepts
  • REPRESENTATIVE OF A CLASSIC FAMILY:  A member of a family who is considered as such by the other members and who resides at the abode, is of age (aged 18 or over) and, preferably, is the owner or named tenant of the abode.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
  • NATIONALITY:  A person's legal citizenship at the moment of observation; account is taken of the nationality as in the identity card, passport, residence permit or the certificate of nationality. The persons who at the moment of observation have a pending process for the granting of nationality should be considered as having the nationality previously held.
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people residing in the same housing unit who are related to each other (by law or "de facto"). They may occupy all or part of the housing unit. A private household is also considered to be any independent person occupying a part or all of a housing unit.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations Count
Last update date 20/11/2012


information presented in 28/4/2024