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 Distribution of resident population with 16 and more years old (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Distribution of resident population with 16 and more years old (%) by Sex, Age group and Limitation in performing activities due to health problem; Annual - 0008045
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics on income and living conditions
First available period 2004
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Limitation in performing activities due to health problem
Concepts
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • 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).
  • HEALTH PROBLEM:  Health-related problem leading to the need for healthcare.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD:  A group of people living at the same dwelling, with either "de jure" or "de facto" family relationships,occupying the all or part of a dwelling; or a single person that fully or partly accupies a dwelling.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 04/03/2026


information presented in 20/4/2026