5 Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards
1. Labour force status and other activity
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Active population
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Employed and employment rate
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Unemployed and unemployment rate
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Activity of persons not in labour force
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Main activity (own view)
2. Data on workplace and occupation in both main and secondary job
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Number of jobs
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Size of workplace
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Industry
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Employer sector (private, local government, central government)
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Location and country of workplace
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Occupation
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Status in employment (employee, self-employed, unpaid family worker)
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Socio-economic group (manual worker, upper-level and lower-level employees)
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Paid labour force of the self-employed
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Employees in supervisory functions
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Employees' monthly salary
3. Data on employment relationship
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Permanent / temporary employment relationship and reason for temporary employment relationship
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Duration of employment relationship
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Part-time / full-time work and reason for part-time work
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Temporary employment agency work
4. Data on working hours and arrangements related to them
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Shift work
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Period-based work
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Usual weekly working hours
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Hours worked (work input) in main and secondary job
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Days worked
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Overtime (paid / unpaid)
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On-call hours at the place of work
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Evening, night and weekend work
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Working at home
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Absence during the Survey week: main reason and duration of absence
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Absence due to sickness and family leaves
5. Unemployment, underemployment, job seeking
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Lay-off for a fixed period of time or until further notice
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Duration of unemployment
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Methods of job seeking
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Obstacles to job seeking
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Type of job sought (full-time or part-time job, as an employee or a self-employed person)
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Valid registration with the employment and economic development office, and unemployment benefit
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Underemployment: whether an employed person would like to increase his/her present working hours
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Number of weekly working hours desired by the employed
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Disguised unemployment
6. Education completed and studies in the past four weeks
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General basic education
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Qualification or degree attained (Register of Completed Education and Degrees)
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Level and field of qualification or degree
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Participation in education leading to a qualification or degree
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Participation in course training
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Participation in course training related to work or occupation
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Participation in course training during paid working hours
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Total number of lessons in four weeks
7. Previous activity
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Activity one year ago and data on job held one year ago
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Previous paid employment of persons currently unemployed during the past eight years and data on previous workplace
8. Data on the household
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Size of household
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Type of household
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Activity of household members aged 15 to 74
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Employment relationships and working hours of employed household members aged 15 to 74
The most important background variables for key employment and unemployment indicators
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Sex
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Age
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Education
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Region
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Industry
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Employer sector (private, local government, central government)
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Occupation
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Status in employment
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Socio-economic group
Source: Labour Force Survey 2018. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ulla Hannula 029 551 2924, Tatu Leskinen 029 551 3285, tyovoimatutkimus@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 11.4.2019
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Labour force survey [e-publication].
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5 Labour Force Survey data content from January 2008 onwards
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