Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey, 1997

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a unique source of articulated information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of household members aged 16 and over.<br>
The first LFS in the UK was conducted in 1973, under the terms of a Regulation derived from the Treaty of Rome, and the provision of information for the Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC) continues to be one of the reasons for carrying out the survey on an annual basis. The survey was carried out biennially in both Northern Ireland and Great Britain from 1973 to 1983 and was increasingly used by UK government departments to obtain information which would assist in the framing of social and economic policy. Following a change in the requirements of the EC regulation, from 1984 an annual survey was conducted and results referred to the spring months of each year. In March 1992 the GB portion of the survey moved onto a quarterly cycle and in December 1994 a quarterly survey was introduced in Northern Ireland. Two-fifths of each quarterly dataset over four quarters (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) is combined to produce an annual dataset, which in turn is eight-fifths larger than a standard quarterly dataset (the standard QLFS quarterly datasets, which include the Northern Ireland quarterly data, are deposited at UKDA by the Office for National Statistics, and held under GN:33246). The survey aims to provide government and external customers with data relating to the socio-economic circumstances of the Northern Ireland population on a regular basis. The LFS is the biggest regular household survey in Northern Ireland, providing a rich source of information on the labour force using internationally agreed concepts and definitions. The LFS has been designed to provide robust estimates on the economic activity status of the Northern Ireland population as a whole.<br>
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) is responsible for ensuring that the survey is conducted in Northern Ireland and for the interpretation of the results. However, the day-to-day management of the fieldwork, including data collection and database creation, rests with the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). CSU are also in charge of the creation of a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) questionnaire designed to mirror that in Great Britain, the sampling of addresses and the carrying out of fieldwork using a team of specialist interviewers.<br>
For further information, please see the Labour Force Survey User Guide.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> The questionnaire comprises a &lt;i&gt;core&lt;/i&gt; of questions which are included in every survey, together with &lt;i&gt;non-core&lt;/i&gt; questions which vary from quarter to quarter. Topics covered include: information about household, family structure, basic housing information and demographic details of individuals in the households, economic activity, income, education and health.<br>
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For further information, please see the Labour Force Survey User Guide.

<P>本摘要版权归英国数据服务处（UK Data Service）及数据采集版权所有者所有。</P>劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey, LFS）是依托国际通用的就业、失业及经济非活跃状态定义形成标准化信息体系的独特数据源，涵盖职业、培训、工作时长以及家庭中16岁及以上成员的个人特征等多类相关议题。<br>英国首次劳动力调查于1973年开展，依据《罗马条约》衍生的一项条例实施，为欧洲共同体统计办公室（Statistical Office of the European Communities, SOEC）提供信息仍是该调查按年度开展的核心动因之一。1973至1983年间，北爱尔兰与大不列颠地区均每两年开展一次调查，该调查也日益被英国政府各部门用于获取助力社会与经济政策制定的相关信息。随着欧共体条例要求变更，1984年起调查转为年度开展，调查结果对应每年春季时段。1992年3月，大不列颠地区的调查转为季度周期；1994年12月，北爱尔兰地区也引入了季度调查。每季度数据集的五分之二样本会在春、夏、秋、冬四个季度中合并，生成年度数据集，其规模较标准季度数据集大五分之三；标准季度劳动力调查（QLFS）数据集包含北爱尔兰季度数据，由英国国家统计局提交至英国数据档案馆（UKDA），并以GN:33246编号归档存储。本次调查旨在定期为政府及外部用户提供北爱尔兰人口社会经济境况相关数据。劳动力调查是北爱尔兰规模最大的常规家庭调查，依托国际公认的概念与定义，为劳动力相关研究提供了丰富的信息来源。该调查旨在为北爱尔兰整体人口的经济活动状态提供可靠的统计估算值。<br>企业、贸易与投资部（DETI）负责统筹北爱尔兰地区的调查实施与结果解读工作。但实地调查的日常管理（包括数据采集与数据库构建）由北爱尔兰统计与研究局（NISRA）下属的中央调查单元（CSU）负责。中央调查单元还负责开发与大不列颠地区一致的计算机辅助个人访谈（CAPI）问卷、开展地址抽样，并依托专业访员团队执行实地调查工作。<br>如需获取更多信息，请参阅《劳动力调查用户指南》。<br><B>主要调研议题</B>:<BR> 调查问卷包含每轮调查均设置的<i>核心</i>问题，以及随季度变动的<i>非核心</i>问题。调查涵盖的议题包括：家庭与家庭结构信息、基础住房信息、家庭内个体的人口统计细节、经济活动状况、收入、教育与健康状况。<br><br>如需获取更多信息，请参阅《劳动力调查用户指南》。