1. 1 Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Population 15-74 Labour ForceEmployedAt work temporarily absent SickOn holiday Parental leave OtherUnemployedInactiveSick Full time students Retired other inactives

2. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Aims to get a better description of the labour market situation for the whole population. Monitoring stocks and flows between the categories at work temporarily absent Unemployed Sick Retired Fulltime-students Others 2

3. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Sample is increased from 21000 to 29000 per month. increase is implemented in two stages 3000 per month in second quarter 2009 5000 per month in third quarter 2009 3

4. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Sample design Stratified sample ( 126 strata) Stratification variables Born in Sweden Gender*3 age groups* 7 regions*2 (compensation or not)=84 Born abroad 3 age groups* 7 regions*2 (compensation or not)= 42 4

5. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Sample allocation Born in Sweden Proportional to population size in combinations of gender*agegroups and regions Born abroad Proportional to population size in combinations of agegroups and regions Compensation or not 80/20 5

6. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Variable: ”compensation or not” differs between age groups 15-24 sikness 25-54 sikness, retirement, unemployment 55-66 unemployment 6

7. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS 7 Comparison of sample designs IncreaseselfweightingIncrease/selfweighting At work11482126880,90494 absent due to illness5064551,11253 absent due to maternity leave3213171,01225 absent due to vacation6657740,85825 absent due to other reasons1861741,07236 Unemployed179711571,55247 Inactive of which sick194612581,54709 full-time students110813110,84543 retired2082890,71793 other inactives8916861,29889 Total 19109

8. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS OUTPUT - Expanded quarterly publication From 4th quarter 2008 - New table packages From 3rd quarter 2008 - New questions about. duration of employment,absence from work, underemployed and long-term sick among the Inactives - New tables 2009 (Stock o Flow) - Revision and extension of the basic tables - First publication: 2010 8

9. Increase of the sample size in the Swedish LFS Umbrella Project with 4 sub projects sample design and selection field work planning and monitoring adjustment of IT-system estimation 9