Labour Force Survey, May 2006 [Canada] [Rebased]

The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment which are among the most timely and important measures of performance of the Canadian economy. With the release of the survey results only 13 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released. The Canadian Labour Force Survey was developed following the Second World War to satisfy a need for reliable and timely data on the labour market. Information was urgently required on the massive labour market changes involved in the transition from a war to a peace-time economy. The main objective of the LFS is to divide the working-age population into three mutually exclusive classifications - employed, unemployed, and not in the labour force - and to provide descriptive and explanatory data on each of these. LFS data are used to produce the well-known unemployment rate as well as other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate. The LFS also provides employment estimates by industry, occupation, public and private sector, hours worked and much more, all cross-classifiable by a variety of demographic characteristics. Estimates are produced for Canada, the provinces, the territories and a large number of sub-provincial regions. For employees, wage rates, union status, job permanency and workplace size are also produced. These data are used by different levels of government for evaluation and planning of employment programs in Canada. Regional unemployment rates are used by Human Resources Development Canada to determine eligibility, level and duration of insurance benefits for persons living within a particular employment insurance region. The data are also used by labour market analysts, economists, consultants, planners, forecasters and academics in both the private and public sector. Note: Because missing values are removed from this dataset, any form of non-response (e.g. valid skip, not stated) or don't know/refusal cannot be coded as a missing. The \"Sysmiss\" label in the Statistics section indicates the number of non-responding records for each variable, and the \"Valid\" values in the Statistics section indicate the number of responding records for each variable. The total number of records for each variable is comprised of both the sysmiss and valid values. LFS revisions: LFS estimates were previously based on the 2001 Census population estimates. These data have been adjusted to reflect 2006 Census population estimates and were revised back to 1996.

劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey，LFS）提供的就业与失业估算数据，是衡量加拿大经济运行表现最及时且最重要的指标之一。该调查的数据采集完成后仅需13天即可发布结果，是首批发布的主要月度经济数据序列。加拿大劳动力调查（LFS）始建于第二次世界大战结束后，旨在满足社会对可靠且及时的劳动力市场数据的需求——当时亟需掌握战后从战时经济向和平时期经济转型过程中发生的大规模劳动力市场变革。LFS的核心目标是将劳动年龄人口划分为三个互斥类别：就业者、失业者与非劳动力群体，并为每一类群体提供描述性与解释性数据。利用LFS数据可计算广为人知的失业率，以及就业率、劳动参与率等其他标准劳动力市场指标。此外，LFS还可按行业、职业、公共与私营部门、工作时长等维度生成就业估算数据，且支持结合多种人口统计特征进行交叉分类。估算数据覆盖加拿大全国、各省、各地区以及大量省级以下行政区域。针对雇员群体，调查还会生成工资水平、工会身份、岗位稳定性以及职场规模等相关统计信息。加拿大各级政府可借助这些数据评估与规划国内就业项目。加拿大人力资源开发部（Human Resources Development Canada）会利用区域失业率来确定特定就业保险区域内民众的保险福利资格、待遇水平与领取时长。私营与公共部门的劳动力市场分析师、经济学家、顾问、规划人员、预测人员以及学术界人士，也都会使用该数据集开展相关工作。注意：本数据集已剔除缺失值，因此任何形式的无应答情形（例如有效跳转题、未作答）或“不清楚/拒绝作答”均无法被编码为缺失值。统计模块中的"Sysmiss"标签代表各变量的无应答记录数，而"Valid"值则代表各变量的有效应答记录数。每个变量的总记录数由sysmiss与valid值共同构成。LFS修订说明：此前LFS的估算数据基于2001年人口普查的人口估算值，现已调整以匹配2006年人口普查的人口估算结果，并回溯修订至1996年。