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）于1972年正式启动，旨在统计就业、失业及非劳动力群体的人口规模。该调查可提供多维度统计信息，涵盖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，以及全体受访对象的年龄与受教育水平等内容。
2021年，NLFS实施了多项改革。为更好契合调查的核心产出目标，其抽样方案进行了调整：改用个体作为抽样单元，新增分层变量及分配规则。同时，调查的加权方法也完成更新，同步优化了月度、季度个体权重及年度家庭权重计算的实操流程与技术细节。受欧盟劳动力调查（EU Labour Force Survey, LFS）新规影响，本次改革后就业人口统计数增加2.2万，失业人口统计数增加5000。
为纪念该调查2022年迎来50周年，一篇阐述NLFS设立背景与发展历程的文章正式发布，相关链接为：https://www.ssb.no/arbeid-og-lonn/sysselsetting/statistikk/arbeidskraftundersokelsen/artikler/hvordan-arbeidskraftundersokelsen-ble-til