Greece
Title of the survey:
Labour Force Survey
Organization responsible for the survey:
Planning and conduct of the survey:
National Statistical Service of Greece.
Analysis and publication of the results:
National Statistical Service of Greece.
Topics covered:
Employment, unemployment, underemployment, hours of work, wages, income, duration of employment and unemployment, discouraged and occasional workers, industry, occupation, status in employment, education/qualification levels, usual activity, second jobs, other topics such as demographic information, living conditions, social relationships, consumption and expenditures, etc.
Coverage of the survey:
Geographical:
Whole country.
Population groups:
All persons aged 15 years and over.
Excluded are:
- career members and conscripts even if they are living alone or with their family in a residence outside the camp;
- permanent hotels clients;
- members of collective households;
- members of foreign households working in the embassies, consulates, in commercial, economic or military missions and members of foreign armed forces.
Availability of estimates from other sources for the excluded areas/groups:
No information provided.
Groups covered by the survey but excluded from the published results:
Some demographic data are collected for persons having left the household, such as conscripts, persons living in other collective households, etc. It is planned to estimate theses categories and publish the relevant data.
Periodicity:
Conduct of the survey:
Quarterly.
Publication of results:
Annually.
Reference periods:
Employment:
One fixed week.
Seeking work:
Four weeks preceding the survey interview (fixed period).
Availability for work:
Within two weeks after the interview (fixed period).
Concepts and definitions:
Employment:
Persons aged 15 years and over who, during the reference week preceding the survey, have worked for at least one hour or more or were temporarily absent from work due to illness, vacation, strikes, bad weather or machine breakdown etc. Paid apprentices and unpaid family members.
Are also included in the employed:
- full or part-time workers seeking other job during the reference period;
- persons who performed some work for pay or profit during the reference period but were subject to compulsory schooling, retired and receiving a pension, registered as jobseekers at en employment office or receiving unemployment benefits;
- full and part-time students working full or part-time;
- participants in employment promotion schemes if they work on a regular basis;
- volunteer and career members of the armed forces.
Unemployment:
All persons aged 15 years and over, without work, who were seeking work and have taken specific steps (such as registration at a private or public employment office, placing or answering advertisements, applications to employers, seeking assistance of friends or relatives) during the last 4 weeks to find a job and are available to work within two weeks.
Underemployment:
Time-related underemployment:
Persons who want to work more hours within the present job or in an additional job.
Inadequate employment situations:
Persons who search another job to have a better use of current skills.
Hours of work:
Usual and actual hours of work per week in the main job and actual hours in secondary job.
Employment-related income:
Income from paid employment:
It comprises: a) the monthly payments in the main job, net of social security contributions and taxes, including extra payments made on a monthly basis such as overtime, tips, etc.; b) additional net payments (total yearly payments) such as bonuses or other benefits from the enterprise.
Income from self-employment:
Not covered.
Informal sector:
Not applicable.
Usual activity:
Not covered.
Classifications:
Branch of economic activity (industry):
Title of the classification:
National classification based on NACE Rev.1.
Population groups classified by industry:
Employed and unemployed (industry of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
17 and 60 groups at the 1st and 2nd digit levels respectively.
Links to ISIC:
ISIC-Rev.3.
Occupation:
Title of the classification:
National classification based on ISCO-88 (COM).
Population groups classified by occupation:
Employed and unemployed (occupation of last job for the unemployed).
Number of groups used for coding:
10, 46 and 210 at the 1st, 2nr and 3rd digit levels respectively.
Links to ISCO:
ISCO-88.
Status in employment:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by status in employment:
Employed and unemployed (status of the last job for the unemployed.
Groups used for classification:
Employees, employers, own-account workers, unpaid family workers, paid apprentices.
Links to ICSE:
ICSE-1993.
Education:
Title of the classification:
National classification.
Population groups classified by education:
Employed and unemployed.
Groups used for classification:
5 groups: pre-primary, primary, lower secondary, upper secondary and post tertiary education, first and second stages of tertiary education.
Links to ISCED:
ISCED-1997.
Sample size and design:
Ultimate sampling unit:
Household.
Sample size (ultimate sampling units):
Approximately 31,000 households per quarter.
Overall sampling fraction:
8.698 per cent.
Sample frame:
1991 Population and Housing Census.
Updating of the sample:
Every quarter.
Rotation:
Scheme:
Every quarter 1/6 of the households sampled are rotated. By combining the following two ways: selection of a new sample of households from area units already in use and selection of new area units.
Percentage of units remaining in the sample for two consecutive survey rounds:
84 per cent.
Maximum number of interviews per sample unit:
Six.
Length of time for complete renewal of the sample:
13 quarters.
Field work:
Type of interview:
Door-to-door with paper and pencil.
Number of ultimate sampling units per sample area:
No information.
Duration of field work:
Total:
13 weeks.
Per sample area:
No information.
Survey organization:
Permanent and ad-hoc staff.
Number of field staff:
200 interviewers and 10 supervisors.
Substitution of non-responding ultimate sampling units:
No.
Estimation and adjustments:
Total non-response rate:
8 per cent.
Adjustment for total non-response:
No.
Imputation for item non-response:
Yes.
Adjustment for areas/population not covered:
No.
Adjustment for undercoverage:
No.
Adjustment for overcoverage:
No.
Adjustment for seasonal variations:
No.
History of the survey:
Title and date of the first survey:
Labour Force Survey 1981.
Significant changes or revisions:
From 1981 to 1997, the survey is conducted during the second quarter of each year. Quarterly survey from 1998 onwards. Revisions of the questionnaires in 1992 and 1998.
Documentation and dissemination:
Documentation:
Survey results:
Labour Force Survey (Employment); Statistical Yearbook of Greece; Concise Statistical Yearbook of Greece.
Survey methodology:
Statistical Yearbook of Greece.
Dissemination:
Time needed for initial release of survey results:
About one year.
Advance information of public about date of initial release:
Yes.
Availability of unpublished data upon request:
Yes.
Availability of data in machine-readable form:
Yes.
Website:
http://www.statistics.gr/.