| Survey Name | Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) |
| Business Area | Labour Market, and Vital Statistics. |
| Survey Purpose | To provide estimates on short-term indicators of the labour market (employment, unemployment etc) as well as information on items such as atypical work, crime and other special social topics |
| Legislative Basis | The survey results meet the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) Number 577/98, concerning quarterly labour force surveys |
| Periodicity | Quarterly |
| Target Population | All private households in the state. |
| Sampling Frame | Collection of listed dwelling units enumeration books mained by CSO interviewers |
| Survey Size | 39,000 (3,000 interviewed every week within each 13 week quarter). |
| Principal Variables Collected | Name, gender, age, nationality, employment status, occupation, industry, hours worked, education level. |
| Principal External Users | Eurostat, OECD, National Accounts, Government, Universities, Economists. |
