Variable | Definition | Mean or percentage | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
All | Men | Women | ||
Age (time) | Person’s age if employed or, if retired, the age of start of pension receipt | 56.84 | 58.66 | 58.59 |
(4.86)(1) | (5.85)(1) | (5.96)(1) | ||
Retired (failure) | =1 if the person already exit the labour force | 37.06 | 37.59 | 36.42 |
Reduction A | =1 if the individual has effectively reduced his/her hours of work | 9.82 | 8.45 | 11.46 |
Reduction B (2) | =1 if the individual did reduce or intends to reduce hours of work | 20.12 | 19.20 | 21.21 |
Male | =1 if the person is of male gender | 54.33 | -- | -- |
Activity sector | ||||
Agriculture | =1 if the person works or worked in the agriculture sector | 5.59 | 5.17 | 6.10 |
Industrial | =2 if the person works or worked in the industrial sector | 28.43 | 37.52 | 17.61 |
Services | =3 if the person works or worked in the services sector (omitted category) | 65.98 | 57.31 | 76.29 |
Blue-collar | =1 if the individual works or has worked in an occupation classified as blue-collar | 54.45 | 59.23 | 48.75 |
Education | ||||
0 years | =1 if the person has no complete degree of education | 11.87 | 8.62 | 15.74 |
4 years | =2 if the person completed 4 years of education | 51.55 | 56.37 | 45.81 |
6 years | =3 if the person completed 6 years of education | 6.77 | 7.19 | 6.27 |
9 years | =4 if the person completed 9 years of education | 11.06 | 11.55 | 10.47 |
High school | =5 if the person has a high-school diploma | 6.92 | 6.70 | 7.18 |
University | =6 if college degree | 11.83 | 9.52 | 14.53 |
Region | ||||
North | =1 if the person resides in the North of Portugal (omitted category) | 24.05 | 25.55 | 22.26 |
Centre | =2 if the person resides in the Centre | 12.90 | 13.16 | 12.58 |
Lisbon | =3 if resides in Lisbon | 22.57 | 21.40 | 23.96 |
Alentejo | =4 if he/she resides in Alentejo | 15.91 | 14.21 | 17.94 |
Algarve | =5 if he/she resides in Algarve | 9.84 | 9.56 | 10.17 |
Azores | =6 if he/she resides in Azores | 6.96 | 8.48 | 5.15 |
Madeira | =7 if he/she resides in Madeira | 7.78 | 7.64 | 7.93 |
Active spouse (3) | =1 if the spouse is still in activity | 62.58 | 67.73 | 59.48 |