Non-farm businesses local economic integration level: the case of six Portuguese small and medium-sized Markettowns•

Selected Towns	Small (5,000 - 20,000 Pop.)	Medium (20,000 - 40,000 Pop.)
Area where employment in Agriculture is well above national average (Portugal: 10.8⁰% )	1- Mirandela (41.1%)	2- VILA REAL (20.1%)
Area where employment in Tourism is well above national average (Portugal: 6.5%o )	3- TAVIRA (21.9%)	4- SILVES (28.6%)
“Accessible” peri-urban area within daily commuting distance of metropolitan center	5- LIXA	6- ESPOSENDE

SURVEY PROCEDURES

The sample frame reproduces the population structure for the concelho’s territorial unit.

The non-farm business sample frame took into account the distribution of the non-farm
businesses according to the Economic Activity Classification (NACE codes) and was divided
into businesses based either on urban or rural freguesias, as indicated on the following table:

Table 1. Sampling frames used - NON-FARM BUSINESS

Questionnaires to be done	1 Mirandela		2 Vila Real		3 Tavira		4 Silves		5 Lixa		6 Esposende
NACE cods	Urban area	Rural area	Urban area	Rural area	Urban area	Rural area	Urban area	Rural area	Urban area	Rural area	Urban area	Rural area
A + B	15	4	8	3	17	8	19	10	3	2	13	7
C	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1	1
D	10	3	6	2	5	3	6	4	28	14	15	7
E	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
F	10	3	15	4	19	10	17	7	11	6	15	7
G	40	12	38	12	34	15	35	16	38	17	34	17
H	11	3	12	3	13	7	13	7	8	4	9	5
I	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
J	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	1
K	6	1	8	3	6	3	5	2	4	3	5	2
L a Q	4	1	5	1	4	2	3	2	3	2	4	2
Total	100	30	100	30	100	50	100	50	100	50	100	50

Source: Done by the author according to (1) Northern Region Statistic Yearbook 2000, INE
(2001); (2) Statistic Yearbook of the Algarve Region 2000, INE (2001).

In each town contacts were made with important local institutions (Town Halls, Managerial
Associations, Commercial and Industrial Associations, Regional Agriculture Board and
Regional Tourism Boards). Such contacts supplied the team with information regarding
potential interviews in the form of lists of businesses and farm businesses and were extremely
helpful in making the research project known and imparting information as to the actual limits
of the town. It was possible, then, to adequately define zones A and B. In each town Press

CorPapers

Non-farm businesses local economic integration level: the case of six Portuguese small and medium-sized Markettowns• - a sector approach

More intriguing information