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 Proportion of overcrowded living quarters (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of overcrowded living quarters (%) by Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2001); Decennial
Regularity Decennial
Source Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - historical series
First available period 1991
Last available period 2001
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (at the date of Census 2001)
Concepts
  • PLACE OF USUAL RESIDENCE:  Living quarter that is the residence of at least one household for most of the year or to which the household has transferred all or most of its belongings.
  • DWELLING:  A separate and independent place which was built, rebuilt, enlarged or converted to be used as a private accommodation, and that is not totally occupied for other purposes during the reference period. Separate means that the place is enclosured by classic or any other type of walls, covered, and allowing a person or group of persons to sleep, cook and shelter from intemperate weather, apart from other members of the collectivity. Independent means that its occupants do not have to pass or go through any other dwelling to get in or out the dwelling they live in.
  • 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).
  • DWELLING OCCUPANCY INDEX:  An indicator of the number of rooms lacking or in excess of the number of residents in accommodation. The calculations are made on the basis of the following normal parameters: 1 room-living room; 1 room - for a couple; 1 room - for another non-single person; 1 room - for a single person over 18 years of age; 1 room - for two single people of the same sex between 7 and 18 years of age; 1 room - for each single person of different sex between 7 and 18 years of age; 1 room - for two people under 7 years of age.
Formule (Alojamentos sobrelotados(com uma divisão em falta ou com duas divisões em falta ou com três ou mais divisões em falta)/ Alojamentos familiares de residência habitual)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 15/05/2007


information presented in 3/11/2025