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 Employed spouses (On marriages, between persons of the opposite sex - No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Employed spouses (On marriages, between persons of the opposite sex - No.) by Place of registration (NUTS - 2002), Sex, Economic activity (Section - CAE Rev. 2.1) and Occupational status; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Marriage statistics
First available period 1995
Last available period 2009
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of registration (NUTS - 2002)
  • Sex
  • Economic activity (Section - CAE Rev. 2.1)
  • Occupational status
Concepts
  • MARRIAGE:  The contract entered into by two persons of the opposite sex that intend to found a family in partnership and cohabitation.
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • EMPLOYMENT STATUS:  Dependent or independent relationship of an active person in the practice of the profession, according to the economic risks involved and to the nature of his/her control within the enterprise.
  • PLACE OF REGISTRATION:  The location of the registry office where a birth, marriage or death was recorded. In the case of a divorce, it is the registry office or court of law where it was decreed.
  • 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).
Definition With Law no. 9/ 2010 of May 31, civil marriage can be held between persons of the same sex. MARRIAGE - Contract signed by two persons that intend to start a family in full partnership and cohabitation according to legislation.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 22/06/2011


information presented in 7/5/2025