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1 4-May-10 Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Good or bad practice? Johan van der Valk johan.van-der-valk@ec.europa.eu

2 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Contents 1.What is a LFS ad hoc module? 2.Process of LFS ad hoc modules 3.Some practical issues 4.Concluding remarks

3 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules LFS ad hoc module  Introduced in LFS regulation 1998  Several topics –Programme defined in separately in advance  AHM regulation (output) –Definition of variables (max 11) –Categories per variable –Target population per variable

4 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Process LFS ad hoc module

5 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Process LFS ad hoc module

6 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Process LFS ad hoc module

7 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Process LFS ad hoc module

8 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules List of ad hoc modules

9 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Results ad hoc modules  Including module in LFS feasible  Valuable results –Rich data set –Basis for set of tables and publication –Used for analyse by Commission and researchers –Used for national publications

10 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules LFS ad hoc modules Practical issue 1: definition of module  Different views in task force –Users vs. NSI’s –Resulting in compromise  Scope sometimes difficult for LFS –Only 11 variables, no in-depth survey –Labour market related  Variables sometimes difficult to implement –Complex concept, involve many questions, subjective –Proxy answering is allowed in LFS

11 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules LFS ad hoc modules Practical issue 2: inclusion in LFS  LFS is continuous survey with sensitive data –Questions may not disturb regular data collection  National modules extra handicap –General practice in a number of MS  Complex variables can cause problems –Unclear questions involve much instruction –Sometime deviation from defined concept

12 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules LFS ad hoc modules Practical issue 3: processing data  Quality checks AHM requires specific expertise –Substantial work –Not easy to organise  Ad hoc production lines –Within NSI –Within Eurostat

13 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules LFS ad hoc modules Practical issue 4: outcomes  Results not always fully comparable –Between countries –In time in case of repetitions

14 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Concluding remarks  LFS works as vehicle  Ad hoc modules gives valuable results But  A lot of work  Results not always satisfactory Room to improve process of definition & implementation ad hoc modules

15 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Concluding remarks Evaluation task force will address: 1.How to make the process of defining a module more efficient? 2.How to reduce the work involved with implementing and processing? 3.How to improve the comparability of the results?

16 4-May-10Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules Thank you for your attention!


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