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5. Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards

1. Labour force status and other activity

• Labour force

• Employed and employment rate

• Unemployed and unemployment rate

• Activity of persons not in labour force

• Main activity (own view)

• Acting as family carer

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 employees)

• Paid labour force of the self-employed

• Employees in supervisory functions

• Employees' monthly salary

3. Data on employment relationship

• Permanent / fixed-term employment relationship and reason for fixed-term 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 office, 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 (not asked in the interview)

• 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

• Gender

• Age

• Education

• Region

• Industry

• Employer sector (private, local government, central government)

• Occupation

• Status in employment

• Socio-economic group

Source: Labour force survey 2009. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Heidi Melasniemi-Uutela (09) 1734 2523, Olga Kambur (09) 1734 3565, tyovoimatutkimus@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Updated 3.12.2010