Date Last Updated: 22-02-2024
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) replaced the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) from Q3 2017. Similar to the QNHS, it is a large-scale, nationwide survey of households in Ireland. It is designed to produce quarterly labour force estimates that include the official measure of employment and unemployment in the state (International Labour Organisation classification).
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Council Regulation 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey
Quarterly
All individuals living in private households
All private households
The State
The original QNHS (re-labelled LFS) series from Q1 1998 to Q2 2017 has been adjusted to enable comparability with the new LFS for a number of headline indicators. The complete series is available from Q1 1998 to 2023.
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NACE Rev 2 - classified by divisions
The original quarterly sample 26,000 households has been increased incrementally by 1,300 households from Q3 2017 to account for the additional attrition as a result of the introduction of mixed mode data collection. This has resulted in a total sample of 32,500 from Q3 2018 onwards.
ILO status (employed, unemployed etc.), industry of employment, occupation of employment, status of employment, duration of unemployment etc. Indicators are published by a range of classifications including sex, age, nationality, region of residence and highest level of education attained
Eurostat, Government departments, SOLAS, research centres and universities, media and general public
Central Statistics Office
Social & Demographic Statistics
Sam Scriven
Statistician
Dan Gallagher
