Labour Force Survey

Information

• "Revision of the Labour Force Survey from January 2013" (PDF:192KB)
  The Statistics Bureau of Japan revises the Labour Force Survey by introducing new questionnaires and enhancing current tables from January 2013 in order to accurately grasp the employment/unemployment situation.
  For detailed background, refer to "News Bulletin" (on July 23, 2012).
  (on February 1, 2013)
• Partly introducing X-12-regARIMA for seasonal adjustment
  X-12-regARIMA was introduced to 18 series since result of January 2013. As in the past, X-11(default) has continued to be applied to series which are not mentioned.
  (on March 1, 2013)

Previously released information

1. The Survey Results

Results (Basic Tabulation)

• Latest Monthly Results
  • Main results
  • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)
  • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)
• Latest Quarterly Results
  • Main results
  • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)
  • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)
  • Regional results
• 2012 Yearly Average Results
  • Main results
  • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)
  • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)
  • Regional results

Results (Detailed Tabulation)

• Latest Quarterly Results(Detailed Tabulation)
  • Main results
  • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)
  • Statistical tables (Not including Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima)
  • Results of old industrial classification (11th revision of JSIC)
• 2012 Yearly Results (Detailed Tabulation)
  • Main results
  • Statistical tables & database (Whole Japan)

Annual Report on the Labour Force Survey

Historical data

2. Release Schedule of the Survey Results

Basic Tabulation / Detailed Tabulation

3. About the Labour Force Survey

      The Labour Force Survey is a survey of households usually residing in Japan.
      Its purpose is to elucidate the current state of employment and unemployment in Japan every month.

      There are two categories of results in this survey.

• Basic Tabulation (Released monthly)
  • Items obtained from the Basic questionnaire:
    Labour force, Employed person / Employee (by industry, occupation, type of employment (Regular/ Non-regular employee etc.), etc.), Weekly hours of work, Unemployed person (by reason for leaving a job etc.), Unemployment rate, Not in labour force etc.
• Detailed Tabulation (Released quarterly)
  • Items obtained from the Special questionnaire:
    The reason for taking a non-regular employment, Person who changed job, Duration of unemployment, Person wishing to work (Not in labour force) etc.

Outline

• Outline of the Labour Force Survey(PDF:48KB)
• Concepts and Definitions(PDF:34KB)
• Sampling Method, Estimation Method, and Sampling Errors of Estimates(PDF:65KB)

Questionnaire and Instruction (Translation of the Labour Force Survey)

• The Basic Questionnaire Form (PDF:157KB)

  Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Basic Tabulation) (PDF:201KB)

• The Special Questionnaire Form (PDF:127KB)

  Instructions for Filling in the Questionnaire (Detailed Tabulation) (PDF:137KB)

Statistical tables & database

• Statistical tables & database

4. Other Information

• Notes on the results
• Errata on Labour Force Survey
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Special Survey of the Labour Force Survey
• Ad hoc Survey of Employment and Unemployment Conditions

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