Labour Force Survey 1983, annual file

SSB has conducted official quarterly labor force surveys (LFS) from Q1 1972. The survey aims to provide labor authorities and others familiar with the occupational structure of population and development over time. The surveys will provide the basis and statistical material for occupational forecasting and labor market research. In the LFS one respondent is interviewed for two consecutive quarters, then there's a break for two quarters and then the respondent is interviewed again for two consecutive quarters. The sample was approximately 10 to 11,000 respondents each quarter until the 1988. The Labour Force Survey 1976 is the fifth full year with LFS. Originally it was intended that the LFS should be an analytical supplement to the monthly employment statistics that were based on the insurance fund membership files. The insurance fund-based statistics, however, fell away when health insurance was included in the National Insurance Scheme from 1 January 1971, the LFS has gradually evolved to become the main source of knowledge about the state of the labor market. In 1975 SSB changed the selection plan for surveys, see respectively Art.37: On the use of random samples at the office for interview surveys, Statistics Norway (Steinar Tamsfoss) and SES 33: Principles and Methods of Statistics Norway samples (Ib Thomsen) Meanwhile, the estimation method for inflating national figures changed so that there are reasonable numbers for regions from the 1975 reorganization in 1975 led to interviews changing in how they were performed in the pools before and after. This meant, among other things a break from the Panel system used in the LFS. By Labour Force Survey 1976, it was adopted a slightly modified questionnaire and we came back on the original six-quarter rotation schedule. The new questionnaire meant that people in the group and family workers temporarily absent from work were identified in a better way. This resulted in approximately 30 to 35,000 more were counted as employed. Group seekers without work income was also expanded to include involuntarily laid off. The questions of subordinates and employment in the original form was deleted From Q1 1987 the estimation method (inflating the national figures) slightly changed, moreover, there was a minor adjustment to the definition of employment. To achieve comparability backwards in time was therefore developed new versions of LFS files back to 1980 From 1980 there are therefore two versions of the files, respectively, with the "old" and "new" estimation method. Old means that data are comparable to the original published figures for the period 1972-1987, new means of data for the period 1980-1987 which utilizes this estimation factor (weight) is comparable with the figures published after 1987 This file is based on the NEW estimation method.

挪威统计局（Statistics Norway，以下简称SSB）自1972年第一季度起开展官方季度劳动力调查（Labor Force Surveys，简称LFS）。本调查旨在为劳动主管部门及其他关注人口职业结构及其长期发展态势的机构提供数据支撑，可为职业预测与劳动力市场研究提供基础依据与统计素材。在LFS中，每名受访对象需连续接受两个季度的访谈，随后暂停两个季度，再重新连续接受两个季度的访谈。1988年之前，每季度的受访样本量约为10000至11000人。1976年劳动力调查是LFS开展的第五个完整年度。
最初，LFS的定位是基于保险基金参保档案的月度就业统计数据的分析补充。然而，1971年1月1日健康保险纳入国民保险计划后，基于保险基金的统计数据停止使用，LFS也逐渐演变为了解劳动力市场现状的核心信息来源。
1975年，SSB调整了调查抽样方案，具体可参考两份文献：《Art.37：挪威统计局访谈调查办公随机抽样使用规范》（Steinar Tamsfoss 著）与《SES 33：挪威统计局抽样原则与方法》（Ib Thomsen 著）。与此同时，1975年的抽样方案调整不仅改变了受访群组内的访谈实施方式，还修订了全国数据的加权估算方法，使得各地区的统计数据更为合理。这一调整使得LFS此前使用的追踪面板系统被暂停使用。
在1976年的劳动力调查中，调查采用了小幅修订的问卷，并恢复了最初的六季度轮换访谈制度。新版问卷能够更精准地识别临时离岗的集体用工人员与家庭雇工，这使得就业统计人数新增约30000至35000人。无工作收入的求职群体范畴也被扩大，纳入了非自愿失业人员，原版问卷中关于下属与雇佣关系的问题被移除。
自1987年第一季度起，全国数据的加权估算方法进行了小幅调整，同时对就业的定义也做了细微修订。为实现历史数据的横向可比性，研究人员针对1980年以来的LFS数据集开发了新版估算方法。因此自1980年起，数据集存在两个版本：分别采用“旧版”与“新版”估算方法。旧版数据可与1972-1987年官方发布的原始数据保持可比；新版数据则针对1980-1987年时段，采用本次修订的加权因子进行估算，可与1987年之后发布的统计数据保持可比。本数据集采用新版估算方法。