[EE] Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Full name of the series in original language

Eesti tööjõu-uuring

Abstract

The objective of the Labour Force Survey is to get an overview about employment, unemployment, job conditions and changes in the labour market. In the Labour Force Survey the methodology of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is used, which guarantees the comparability of the data. The Labour Force Survey is a sample survey in which the data are collected from the people. The importance of the Labour Force Survey besides the other sources of data (surveys of enterprises, administrative data) is that it covers the whole working-age population. For example, the survey of enterprises does not cover workers without officially registered employment relationship, the data of the Unemployment Insurance Fund include only those job seekers who have registered themselves there.

In February 1994, the Estonian Labour Force Survey Working Group was established, uniting statisticians, representatives of the government institutions dealing with labour force issues, lecturers of higher schools, and scientists. Under the supervision of the Working Group, Statistics Estonia conducted the first labour force survey in Estonia ELFS 95.

The Estonian Labour Force Survey is a continuous survey since year 2000 – the data are collected all the year round and the results are for the quarters and the year. In 1997–1999 the Estonian Labour Force Survey was conducted in the 2nd quarter.

After working out the continuous Labour Force Survey, since 2001, the changes in the ELFS core questionnaire have been relatively small. Since 2001, the Estonian Labour Force Survey questionnaire includes an ad hoc module, the contents of which vary from year to year. The module is compiled in accordance with the relevant EU regulations. The aim of the added module is to gather detailed information about the aspect of life directly relevant to the labour market, which is comparable in all Member States.

Since 2002 beside Eurostat’s modules the modules for national data users are included.

Geographic coverage

Estonia

Notes

Source : Methodological report, http://www.stat.ee/

Time method

Longitudinal

Time period

1995 => 2012

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

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Access mode

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Update date

15/09/202