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Introduction
This document should assist users of LFS data in defining requests and analysing the
received data. It aims at informing users of both tailor-made extractions and anonymised LFS
microdata. It should present the structure of the LFS, the available variables (directly
surveyed or derived), and the rules for dissemination.
The first chapter of this document provides an overview of the variables available in the LFS
data sets, while the second one presents details on their codification. The third chapter gives
more information regarding both coding principles for core variables and the derivation of
further variables for standard labour market analyses; the fourth chapter refers to ad-hocmodules. Classifications are described in chapter five; chapter six addresses the general
structure of the LFS database, and chapter seven deals with the anonymisation criteria used
for anonymised microdata.
General information on the EU Labour Force Survey can also be found in the respective
dedicated section on the Eurostat website
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/employment_unemployment_lfs/introduction
or in Eurostat's Statistics Explained pages at
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/EU_labour_force_survey
Anonymised microdata for researchers are also dealt with at the general microdata site
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/microdata/introduction
and under Data for researchers in Statistics Explained
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