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Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey

Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey. Karren Friel EELL Analytical Services 24 th January 2008, Scottish Social Survey Network. LFS & APS. Survey of households Covers: Employment hours worked, industry, occupation, earnings Unemployment and economic activity

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Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey

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  1. Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey Karren Friel EELL Analytical Services 24th January 2008, Scottish Social Survey Network

  2. LFS & APS • Survey of households • Covers: • Employment hours worked, industry, occupation, earnings • Unemployment and economic activity • Education and training: qualifications held and current education/training

  3. UK-wide LFS • Quarterly survey (since 1992) • Sample size – 52,000 households in UK • Approx 8,000 in Scotland (in five ‘waves’) • Panel design • Individuals stay in sample for five quarters • Each quarter a fifth of sample replaced • Sample contains five ‘waves’ of c.11,000 households • Unclustered sample • small bias in Scotland: partial coverage north of Caledonian Canal

  4. UK-wide LFS • Changed in 2006 from seasonal quarters (Mar-May, Jun-Aug etc) to calendar quarters (Jan-Mar, etc) in line with EU • Publications • monthly Labour Market First Release (with regional data) Headline figures employment, unemployment, economic activity • quarterly supplement to Labour Market Trends

  5. Annual Population Survey • SG funds an annual boost to LFS in Scotland • From 8,000 (unique households) to 23,000 • Calendar years 2004 to 2006 • plus quarterly rolling annual (Apr-Mar, Jul-Jun etc.) • More reliable estimates for local authorities • Most headline estimates available each year for LAs • Annual publication by SG

  6. Future Developments • Looking at including communal establishments • Harmonisation of questions – UK Integrated Household Survey • Pilot of ethnicity boost (this Summer, funded by SG)

  7. Further Information Data available from Nomis & data archive Websites SG:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market ONS:http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ Nomis:https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp E-mail: labour-market.statistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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