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 Proportion of employees with contract of limited duration (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of employees with contract of limited duration (%) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1998
Last available period 2010
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • EMPLOYEE WITH A FIXED-TERM CONTRACT:  A person tied to a company or institution by a written contract with a fixed term with a mention of its justification: a) established duration: when the written contract expressly indicates the duration of the contract and its expiry date; b) indeterminate duration: when the employment contract lasts as long as necessary to replace an absent employee or until the completion of an activity, task or work whose performance justifies the contract.
  • EMPLOYEES:  Employees are defined as all people who work under the terms of a contract for a resident institutional unit, receiving remuneration in return.
  • 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 Percentage relation between employees with contract of limited duration and the total number of employees.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 22/05/2014


information presented in 24/10/2025