Labour Force Survey
Labour Force Surveys are
History
The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2009) |
European Union
Prior to 1998, EU member states were required to conduct an LFS in one quarter per year, but as a result of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 577/98 of 9 March 1998 they are now expected to submit LFS results for every quarter to
The EU LFS, as it is known, covers not only the EU member states but also three of the four
United Kingdom
The
Australia
The first
New Zealand
New Zealand's quarterly Household Labour Force Survey was established in December 1985. It was revised in 1990 to include new variables including underemployment.[9]
Usage
In addition to being used to generate official statistics, data from the LFS are employed by academics and other researchers. In the UK, for example, the LFS has been used as a data source for research projects on topics such as female employment, the economic returns to education, migration and ethnic minority groups.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Labour Force Survey". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 25 June 2002. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "Labour Force Surveys". International Labour Organization. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ISBN 978-0199286416.
- ^ a b c Browne, Lester; Alstrup, Peter (July 2006). "What Exactly is the Labour Force Survey?" (PDF) (4th ed.). Office for National Statistics. pp. 3–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ a b "European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS): Description of dataset". Eurostat. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ "EU labour force survey – development and history". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "European Union Labour Force Survey – Eurostat metadata in SDDS format: Summary methodology". Eurostat. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- ISSN 0312-4746.
- ^ "New Zealand". Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics – Volume 3: Economically active population, employment, unemployment and hours of work (household surveys). International Labour Organization. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ "Usage of the Labour Force Survey". ESDS Government. Universities of Essex and Manchester. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
- ^ "How is the Labour Force Survey used?" (PDF). ESDS Government: 2. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
External links
- Volume 3: Economically active population, employment, unemployment and hours of work (household surveys) of the International Labour Organization's Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics: provides details of the labour force and household surveys conducted by a range of countries