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 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)