EEC : Continuous Labour Force Survey - 2021
Data description
The LFS questionnaire is structured around the following themes:
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a description of the household and its members;
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the status of an activity according to the ILO definition;
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a detailed description of the current main job (occupation, working time, kind of contract, income from work, etc.);
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the level of education and participation in training;
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the receipt of benefits, including unemployment benefits and old-age pensions;
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health status;
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social and geographical origin;
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labour market trajectory over the past 12 months.
In 2021, the complementary module focuses on the labour market situation of migrants.
Statistical concepts and definitions
The LFS provides a measurement of activity, employment and unemployment according to the ILO definition. It gives a description of the job (status, occupation, working time...) according to european classifications / definitions.
It measures the concepts related to formal and non formal education following the european approach.
Statistical unit
Persons
Statistical population
Persons aged 15 to 89, living in: ordinary housing.
Reference area
France hors Mayotte
The ILO status of activity is measured according to a fixed week, named reference week.
Data compilation
- For metropolitan France, a two-steps weighting method is applied: calibration and non-response model on variables from the sampling frame in the first step, calibration on external data (population by age, sex and region; number of dwellings) in the second step.
- For DOM, a two-steps weighting method is also applied: non-response model on variables from the sampling frame in the first step, calibration on external data (population by age, sex and region; number of dwellings) in the second step.
Sample size
In 2021, each quarter, 80 000 dwellings are surveyed.
Data collection documents
- Questionnaire LFS 2021 (pdf, fr)
- LFS methodological note July 2021 (pdf, fr)
- Article from Courrier des statistiques n°6 (juillet 2021) (fr)