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Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards

The data content was reviewed on 5 November 2012.

1. Labour force status and other activity

• Active population
• Employed and employment rate
• Unemployed and unemployment rate
• Activity of persons not in labour force
• Main activity (own view)

2. Data on workplace and occupation in both main and secondary job

• Number of jobs
• Size of workplace
• Industry
• Employer sector (private, local government, central government)
• Location and country of workplace
• Occupation
• Status in employment (employee, self-employed, unpaid family worker)
• Socio-economic group (manual worker, upper-level and lower-level employee)
• Paid labour force of the self-employed
• Employees in supervisory functions
• Employees' monthly salary

3. Data on employment relationship

• Permanent / temporary employment relationship and reason for temporary employment relationship
• Duration of employment relationship
• Part-time / full-time work and reason for part-time work
• Temporary employment agency work

4. Data on working hours and arrangements related to them

• Shift work
• Period-based work
• Usual weekly working hours
• Hours worked (work input) in main and secondary job
• Days worked
• Overtime (paid / unpaid)
• On-call hours at the place of work
• Evening, night and weekend work
• Working at home
• Absence during the Survey week: main reason and duration of absence
• Absence due to sickness and family leaves

 5. Unemployment, underemployment, job seeking

• Lay-off for a fixed period of time or until further notice
• Duration of unemployment
• Methods of job seeking
• Obstacles to job seeking
• Type of job sought (full-time or part-time job, as an employee or a self-employed person)
• Valid registration with the employment and economic development centre, and unemployment benefit
• Underemployment: whether an employed person would like to increase his/her present working hours
• Number of weekly working hours desired by the employed
• Disguised unemployment

6. Education completed and studies in the past four weeks

• General basic education
• Qualification or degree attained (Register of Completed Education and Degrees)
• Level and field of qualification or degree
• Participation in education leading to a qualification or degree
• Participation in course training
• Participation in course training related to work or occupation
• Participation in course training during paid working hours
• Total number of lessons in four weeks

7. Previous activity

• Activity one year ago and data on job held one year ago
• Previous paid employment of persons currently unemployed during the past eight years and data on previous workplace

8. Data on the household

• Size of household
• Type of household
• Activity of household members aged 15 to 74
• Employment relationships and working hours of employed household members aged 15 to 74

The most important background variables for key employment and unemployment indicators

• Sex
• Age
• Education
• Region
• Industry
• Employer sector (private, local government, central government)
• Occupation
• Status in employment
• Socio-economic group

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Last updated 5.11.2012