1. Regional Employment / Unemployment

2. Structure of my talk
Change from second-quarter LFS results to LFS annual averages
More detailed LFS tables and new LFS tables in New Cronos
Limits (thresholds) for absolute LFS estimates

3. Change from second-quarter LFS results to LFS annual averages
Major reform of regional labour market statistics in 2003
Labour Force Survey − LFS
LFS data now available for all quarters
and almost all EU and AC countries

4. How were the LFS annual averages calculated?
Down to NUTS level 2
NUTS level 3
unemployed
economically active population
unemployment rate
Annual averages calculated from 1999 onwards

5. More detailed LFS tables and new LFS tables
theme1 General Statistics
regio Regional statistics

6. regio Regional statistics
lfs-r Community labour force survey – annual average, from 1999
unemp Unemployment – annual average, from 1999
lfs-r-q2 Community labour force survey – second quarter, up to 2001
unemp-q2 Unemployment – second quarter, up to 2001

7. LFS tables with more detailed breakdowns (data series from 1999 onwards)
Economically active population by age
and sex  annual average
Economic activity rates by age and sex  annual average
Employed persons by age and sex  annual average
Population by age and sex (15 years and over)  annual average

8. age AGE AND AGE CLASSES total Total y15_24 Between 15 and 24 years
y25_max
25 years and over
y25_34
Between 25 and 34 years
y35_44
Between 35 and 44 years
y45_54
Between 45 and 54 years
y15_64
Between 15 and 64 years
y25_64
Between 25 and 64 years
y55_64
Between 55 and 64 years
y65_max
65 years and over

9. LFS tables with more detailed breakdowns (data series from 1999 onwards)
Employment rates by age and sex  annual average

10. age AGE AND AGE CLASSES total Total y15_24 Between 15 and 24 years
y25_max
25 years and over
y25_34
Between 25 and 34 years
y35_44
Between 35 and 44 years
y45_54
Between 45 and 54 years
y15_64
Between 15 and 64 years
y25_64
Between 25 and 64 years
y55_64
Between 55 and 64 years
y65_max
65 years and over

11. Full-time and part-time employment  annual average
LFS tables with more detailed breakdowns (data series from 1999 onwards)
Full-time and part-time employment  annual average
ft_pt
WORKING TIME (full/part-time)
total
Total pt
Part-time
nresp
No response

12. New LFS tables (data series from 1999 onwards)
Economically active population by level
of education, age and sex  annual average
Employed persons by level of education, age and sex  annual average
Population by level of education, age and sex  annual average

13. sex
SEX t
Total m
Males f
Females
age
AGE AND AGE CLASSES
total
Total
y25_64
Between 25 and 64 years

14. isced97
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION (ISCED)
total
Total (ISCED 1997)
isced0_2
Pre-primary, primary and lower secondary education - levels 0-2 (ISCED 1997)
isced3_4
Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education - levels 3-4 (ISCED 1997)
isced5_6
Tertiary education - levels 5-6 (ISCED 1997)
nresp
No answer

15. New LFS tables (data series from 1999 onwards)
Employment by professional status  annual average
wstatus
EMPLOYMENT status
emp
Employment
sal
Employees

16. New LFS tables (data series from 1999 onwards)
Commuting in NUTS2 regions  annual average
wrkplace
WORKPLACE
same_reg
Working in the same region
oth_reg
Working in another region
nresp
No answer

17. New LFS tables (data series from 1999 onwards)
Average number of usual weekly hours of work in main job (full time)  annual average

18. New LFS tables (data series from 1999 onwards)
Life-long learning  Adult participation in education and training (25-64 years)  annual average
lll
LIFE-LONG LEARNING
Participation in life-long learning
no_lll
No participation in life-long learning
nresp
No answer
total
Total

19. LFS limits (thresholds) for absolute estimates
National level
Limit (threshold) A
- from 500 (Cyprus, Slovenia)
to (Germany)
Limit (threshold) B
- from (Luxembourg, Cyprus)
to (Poland)

20. LFS limits (thresholds) for absolute estimates
Regional level
Limit (threshold) A
Harmonisation of limits
limits with the same relative standard errors from all countries by the end of 2004

21. Thank you very much for your co-operation.
Comments and questions please