Labour Force Survey 2022, 4th Quarter

The Norwegian Labour Force Survey (NLFS) began in 1972 and shows how many people are employed, unemployed or outside the workforce. It provides information on, among other things, occupations, working hours and working time arrangements for those who are employed, search length for the unemployed, and age and education for all.

In 2021, many changes were implemented in the NLFS. The sampling plan was changed to better reflect the main output goals for the survey. It included moving to an individual sampling unit, allowing new stratification variables and allocations. The weighting methodology for the NLFS was changed together with the practical and technical details behind the calculation of monthly and quarterly individual weights and yearly household weights. The number of persons in employment increased by 22 000 and the number of unemployed increased by 5 000, as a consequence of the new EU LFS regulation.

In connection with the survey's 50th anniversary in 2022, an article was published about why and how the NLFS was established in 1972: https://www.ssb.no/arbeid-og-lonn/sysselsetting/statistikk/arbeidskraftundersokelsen/artikler/hvordan-arbeidskraftundersokelsen-ble-til

挪威劳动力调查（Norwegian Labour Force Survey, NLFS）始于1972年，用于统计就业、失业及非劳动力人口规模。该调查涵盖多项统计信息，包括就业群体的职业类别、工作时长与工时安排、失业群体的求职时长，以及全体调查对象的年龄与受教育程度等内容。

2021年，NLFS迎来多项修订。为更好契合调查的核心产出目标，其抽样方案进行了调整，具体包括改用个体作为抽样单元，新增分层变量并优化抽样分配机制。同时，调查的加权方法也完成更新，同步调整了月度、季度个体权重及年度家庭权重计算的实操与技术细节。根据欧盟新版劳动力调查（European Labour Force Survey, LFS）法规，调整后就业人数增加22000人，失业人数增加5000人。

2022年适逢该调查50周年，相关机构发布了一篇阐述NLFS设立背景与历程的文章，链接如下：https://www.ssb.no/arbeid-og-lonn/sysselsetting/statistikk/arbeidskraftundersokelsen/artikler/hvordan-arbeidskraftundersokelsen-ble-til