Methodology related to employment and employee types

This article lists the changes to labour market outputs as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Technical design of the Labour Market Survey attrition test, detailing the survey design and data collection methodology. Includes response results from experimental tests that formed part of the survey design.

Details on the characteristic profile of the responding sample to the Labour Market Survey Attrition Test – providing evidence on the socio-demographic profile of respondents across three subsequent waves using an online approach to data collection.

Explanation of the major concepts that exist within the labour market and their relationship to each other.

Identification of existing threshold rules in Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys, with recommendations to improve consistency and the communication of uncertainty.

This report provides a comparison of core labour market outputs from the Labour Market Survey Statistical Test and the Labour Force Survey over the same period (November 2018 to January 2019). It highlights methodological differences and similarities and provides some commentary on the comparability of such figures, as well as recommendations for future research.

Summary of findings from each Labour Markey Survey Statistical Test report as well as an overview of the purpose of the test, information on the survey design, and the work that will follow on from the results.

The characteristic profile of the responding sample to the Labour Market Survey, providing the first available evidence on the socio-demographic composition for the transformed, mixed-mode survey.

Technical design of the Labour Market Survey Statistical Test, comparing the Labour Market Survey prototype and the Labour Force Survey. Includes response rates and paradata collected throughout the Statistical Test.

This article summarises the impact of changes made to the weighting methodology used in the Labour Force Survey longitudinal datasets.