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dead before the following age; those persons who have reached a certain
age will have what probability of survival and death; how long is the life
expectancy in the future.

Rate of literate population aged 15 years and over reflects the
ability of reading and writing of the population, serves to assess the
development level of a country, region or locality.

This indicator is calculated as the rate between the number of persons
aged 15 years and over at time (t) who are literate (able to read, write and
understand a simple sentence in the national language, ethnic or foreign
language) and the total population aged 15 years and over at that time.

Literate population aged 15 years
Rate of literate
and over
population aged 15 years = × 100
and over (%) Total population aged 15 years
and over

Singulate mean age at marriage (SMAM) reflects the average
number of single life years of a presumptive cohort that has been lived

single life before getting married for the first time, with the assumption
that this cohort’s proportion of single by age is the same as the one
collected at the intercensal time point.

LABOUR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT

In 2021, statistical indicators on labor and employment were
collected, synthesized and published according to a new conceptual

framework (ILCS19) to replace the old conceptual framework (ILCS13).
Accordingly, the concept of 'employment' is shrinking. Under the new
definition, 'employment' is work for which they were paid a wage or salary
or the products of their work must be sold or exchanged on the market. As
a result, people who engage in self-sufficient work, such as making food

for their own household use, are no longer defined as “employed”.

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