Metainformaçao

Characteristic	Description
Name	Total dependency ratio (No.) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2002); Annual
Regularity	Annual
Source	Statistics Portugal, Annual estimates of resident population
First available period	1991
Last available period	2013
Dimensions	Data reference period Place of residence (NUTS - 2002)
Concepts	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). TOTAL DEPENDENCY RATE: The ratio of the elderly (ages 65 and older) plus the young (under age 15) to the population in the working ages (ages 15-64), (usually expressed as 100 (102) people aged 15-64 years).
Formule	TDR=[(P(0, 14)+P(65, +))/ P(15, 64)]*10^n P(0, 14)=Resident population aged between 0 and 14 years old. P(65, +)=Resident population with 65 and more years old. P(15,64)=Resident population aged between 15 and 64 years old. n=2.
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations
Last update date	16/06/2014

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