Labour Force Survey 2016, Year File

LFS is the most important source of information about conditions on the labor market in Norway. After sample surveys in the autumn of 1971, Statistics Norway has from the 1st quarter of 1972 carried out such surveys quarterly according to the sample method.

The purpose of the survey is to provide information on developments in employment and unemployment, and on the connection of different population groups to the labor market. In addition to providing the authorities and other interested parties with information on the state and development of the labor market, the LFS shall serve as a basis for forecasts and studies and provide research with statistical material. A large number of variables are included in the material. In addition to the demographics, mention can be made of education level, profession, industry, agreed and actual working hours, part-time employment and underemployment.

Important users are the ministries, the labor and welfare administration, research and study institutes, international organisations, mass media etc.

The labor force survey 2016, annual file is a collection file of the 4 quarterly files from 2016. The collection file also contains variables that deal with working time arrangements.

The weight "mmk_aarsnetto" must be divided by 4 in the annual files for the Labor Force Survey. This is because the weight was created as a quarterly weight, but is applied to the annual variables.