sysselsettingsdata

Sysselsettingsdata refers to datasets that document individuals’ employment status and related labor-market characteristics. The term is used in Nordic and European statistical contexts to describe data collected to monitor how people participate in the labor force, including whether they are employed, unemployed, or outside the labor force, as well as information on occupation, industry, hours worked, earnings, and demographics.

Typical content includes employment status, occupation and industry classifications, hours worked (full-time or part-time), job tenure and duration of unemployment, earnings, education and training, and demographic attributes such as age and gender. Data are gathered from multiple sources, notably household surveys (such as labor force surveys), administrative records from social security or tax authorities, and sometimes censuses. Data may be linked with other datasets to enable richer analyses.

Common uses are to produce official indicators such as employment rate, unemployment rate, and labor force participation; to analyze trends over time and regional variations; and to support policy evaluation and research on topics like skills mismatches, wage development, and the effects of education and demographics on work.

Privacy and data quality are central concerns. Microdata are typically anonymized or de-identified, and access may be restricted to approved researchers under data-use agreements. Quality considerations include sampling error, non-response, coverage bias, and measurement error. International standards, such as those from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union’s Labour Force Survey framework, often guide collection, classification, and comparability of sysselsettingsdata across domains and time.