Continuous Labour Force Survey Reference Metadata in the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS) Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1. Contact
	2. Metadata update
	3. Statistical presentation
	4. Unit of measure
	5. Reference Period
	6. Institutional Mandate
	7. Confidentiality
	8. Release policy
	9. Frequency of dissemination
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	11. Quality management
	12. Relevance
	13. Accuracy and reliability of data
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	15. Coherence and comparability
	16. Cost and Burden
	17. Data revision
	18. Adjustment
	19. Comment
	1. Contact
	1.1. Contact organisation	AGENCY FOR STATISTICS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
	1.2. Contact organisation unit	Sector for Demography and Social Statistics - Labour Market Department
	1.3. Contact name	Vladimir Mijović                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ivana Simić
	1.4. Contact person function	Head of Labour Market Department                                                                                                                                                               Senior Advisor in Labour Market Depatment
	1.5. Contact mail address	Zelenih beretki 26, 71 000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina
	1.6. Contact email address	vladimir.mijovic@bhas.gov.ba ivana.simic@bhas.gov.ba
	1.7. Contact phone number	00 387 33 911 991 00 387 33 911 968
	1.8. Contact fax number	+387 (33) 220 622
	2. Metadata update
	2.1. Metadata last certified	31/12/2025
	2.2. Metadata last posted	31/12/2025
	2.3. Metadata last update	31/12/2025
	3. Statistical presentation
	3.1. Data description	The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household-oriented survey created with the aim of gathering the necessary information on the labour market and labour force characteristics, ie. about three basic, mutually exclusive contingents of the population: employed, unemployed and persons outside the labour force. LFS is carried out in accordance with the standards and recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the regulations of the EUROSTAT when it comes to methodology, organization, sample selection, questionnaire design and definitions of employment and unemployment, thus enabling that a large amount of data obtained from LFS can be compared with equivalent data from other countries. Based on the data collected by the LFS, economic and social developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina are monitored, measured and evaluated. When it comes to employed persons, LFS registers their professional status, the form of ownership in which they work, the rights they exercise at work, occupation and activity, the number of working hours, etc. In the case of the unemployed persons, LFS examines job search methods, length of job search, previous work experience, etc. For persons outside the labor force, data are collected on the reasons for not looking for a job as well as their relationship to the labour market. In addition to the above categories, demographic, socio-economic, educational and other characteristics of the population are also investigated. The results of the LFS are published in an aggregated form, which, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Statistics, fully ensures the confidentiality of individual data on households and persons. Data obtained by the survey are published quarterly and annually.
	3.2. Classification system	The following classifications were used in the encoding and processing of data obtained by the Labour Force Survey: -  Classification of Economic Activities KD BiH 2010 that is, in its content and structure, comparable to the EU Classification of Economic Activities NACE Rev.2 and to the United Nations Classification of Activities (ISIC Rev.4); -  Classification of Occupation KZ BiH 2008 that is, in its content and structure, comparable to the International Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08); -  International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011); -  Classification of the Field of Education (ISCED-F 2013), which complements the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED - 2011); -  International Classification of Status in Employment (ISCE – 93).
	3.3. Coverage - sector	The Labor Force Survey covers all sectors defined by the Classification of Activities of BiH (KDBiH 2010), ie. EU statistical classification of activities NACE Rev. 2.
	3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions	In the Labor Force Survey, the population is classified into employed, unemployed and persons outside the labour force on the basis of information obtained from the questionnaire and related to the activities of the surveyed persons in the reference week. The data obtained in this way differ from the data on employed and unemployed persons obtained from other statistical surveys. The LFS does not take into account the formal status of the person being interviewed, but his / her employment status is determined on the basis of the activity he / she performed in the observed week. Thus, as an employed person in the Survey, in addition to a person who has a job, a person who is formally unemployed may also appear, if he / she performed a job for at least one hour in the observed week in order to earn a living. According to the same principle, a person outside the labor force is considered to be a person who is formally unemployed (registered with the Employment Bureau) if during the four weeks preceding the survey he did not take active steps in looking for a job and is unable to start working within two weeks. In the second case, a formally unemployed person or a person outside the labour force who performed some paid work in the observed week, will be considered employed, regardless of its formal status. Employed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 89 (in completed years at the end of the reference week) who, during the reference week, were in one of the following categories: (a) persons who during the reference week worked for at least 1 hour for pay or profit, including contributing family workers; (b) persons with a job or business who were temporarily not at work during the reference week but had an attachment to their job, where the following groups have a job attachment: - persons not at work due to holidays, working time arrangements, sick leave, maternity or paternity leave, - persons in job-related training, - persons on parental leave, either receiving and/or being entitled to job-related income or benefits, or whose parental leave is expected to be 3 months or less, - seasonal workers during the off-season, where they continue to regularly perform tasks and duties for the job or business, excluding fulfilment of legal or administrative obligations, - persons temporarily not at work for other reasons where the expected duration of the absence is 3 months or less, and (c) persons that produce agricultural goods whose main part is intended for sale or barter. Persons in own-use production work, voluntary workers, unpaid trainees and individuals involved in other forms of work are not included in employment on the basis of those activities. The Labour Force Survey does not take into account the formal status of the person being interviewed, but the employment status of that person is determined on the basis of the actual activity performed in the reference week. According to the International Classification of Status in Employment, they are divided into self-employed persons, employees and contributing family workers. The employment rate represents the percentage of employed persons in the working age population of the same age group. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were: -  during the reference week not employed; -  currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment before the end of the 2 weeks following the reference week and -  actively seeking work, i.e. had either carried out activities in the four-week period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment or found a job to start within a period of at most 3 months from the end of the reference week. Active job search includes activities such as studying job advertisements, placing or answering job advertisements, placing or updating CVs online, contacting employers directly, asking friends, relatives or acquaintances, contacting a public employment service, contacting a private employment agency, taking a test, interview or examination as part of a recruitment process and making preparations to set up a business. Only a person who has taken one of the active steps in the previous four weeks with the aim of finding a job can be considered an unemployed person. Unemployment rate represents the percentage of unemployed persons in the total number of active inhabitants (labour force) of the same age group. The long-term unemployment rate represents the share of persons unemployed for more than one year in the total number of active residents (labour force) of the same age group. The NEET rate represents the participation of persons aged 15 to 24 (or 15 to 29) who are not employed, not in education, or in training in the total population of that age. The active population (labour force) consists of all employed and unemployed persons. The activity rate represents the percentage of the active population in the total working age population of the same age group. Persons outside the labour force are persons aged 15 to 89 who were not employed or unemployed during the observed week according to the definitions of employment and unemployment. The inactivity rate represents the percentage of the population outside the labour force in the total working age population of the same age group.
	3.5. Statistical unit	The observation unit in the Labour Force Survey is a household living in a housing unit selected in the sample, and the survey unit is a member of a randomly selected household. Basic sociodemographic data were collected on all persons in the selected household, while data on work activity were collected only for persons aged 15-89.
	3.6. Statistical population	The target population in the Labour Force Survey is: - persons who live or intend to live in the surveyed private household on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a year or longer; - persons who are members of the surveyed private household, who live abroad, but intend to return and live in the surveyed household on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a year and longer. The target population is not persons who stay or intend to stay in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for less than a year, nor persons who are absent or intend to be permanently absent from the surveyed household for a year or longer.
	3.7. Reference area	The reference area is the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	3.8 Coverage - Time	The Labour Force Survey was first conducted in 2006 as a regular statistical survey that was conducted once a year until 2019. From 2020, the Labour Force Survey is conducted as a continuous survey.
	3.9. Base period	Not applicable.
	4. Unit of measure	Most of the results of the Labor Force Survey are expressed through: - number of persons in thousands ('000) or - rates in percent (%). Also, there are variables that are expressed in other units of measurement (age of persons in number of years, working hours in hours, etc.).
	5. Reference Period	The Labuor Force Survey is conducted as a continuous survey, which means that each week during the year is a reference. The reference week is the week preceding the survey and covers the entire calendar week (Monday to Sunday). The status of the labour force is determined in relation to the reference week, so that week is also called the observed week. The first reference week must include the first Thursday of the year, and each quarter includes 13 reference weeks.
	6. Institutional Mandate
	6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements	Statistical institutions in BiH, the Agency for Statistics of BiH, the Federal Institute of Statistics and the Republic Institute of Statistics of RS, have the authority and responsibility to collect, process and publish statistical data based on the Law on Statistics of BiH ("Official Gazette of BiH", No. 26 / 04 and 42/04), the Law on Statistics of the Federation of BiH ("Official Gazette of the FBiH", No. 63/03 and 9/09) and the Law on Statistics of the Republika Srpska ("Official Gazette of the RS", No. 85/03). The Labour Force Survey is conducted in accordance with the standards and recommendations of the International Labour Organization (ILO), as well as with the regulations of the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT): Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 (Integrated European Social Statistics Framework Regulation - IESS FR) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 for the labour force domain), when it comes to methodology, organization, sampling procedure, questionnaire design and definitions of employment and unemployment.
	6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing	Entity statistical institutions, the Federal Institute of Statistics and the Republic Institute of Statistics of RS, submit data (databases) of the Labour Force Survey to the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further processing and publication of the results of the Survey for the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	7. Confidentiality
	7.1. Confidentiality - policy	The confidentiality of statistical data is regulated by law, and the staff conducting statistical research has the obligation to protect confidentiality on the same legal basis. The Law on Statistics of BiH (Official Gazette of BiH 26/04 and 42/04 - Chapter XI - Articles 23-29) establishes the principle of confidentiality as one of the main principles. The Agency for Statistics of BiH distributes statistics in accordance with the statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.
	7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment	The document "Ordinance on the protection of statistical data in the Agency for Statistics" lists the procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination - which includes protocols for ensuring individual data to be accessed, rules for defining confidential cells in output tables and procedures for the detection and prevention of subsequent disclosures, as well as access to microdata for research purposes. By signing the Memorandum of Understanding, data users who have access to individual data undertake to treat individual anonymised data as confidential in accordance with rules, regulations and procedures, ensure adequate protection of individual data in accordance with rules, regulations and procedures and protect the transfer of microdata and destroy the media on which the data are, as well as the accompanying documentation five days after the publication of the results.
	8. Release policy
	8.1. Release calendar	At the end of each December, BHAS publishes the Release Calendar with the exact dates and times of statistical releases for the following year.
	8.2. Release calendar access	The Release Calendar is available on the following link:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/?lang=en
	8.3. Release policy - user access	The Labour Force Survey (LFS) data are disseminated to all users through the official website of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/?lang=en
		Press releases and time series — comprising 25 Excel tables containing key labour market indicators — are directly available at:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/13?lang=en
		In addition, information on new releases is communicated to relevant users (institutions, the media and researchers) via mailing lists.
	9. Frequency of dissemination	The results of the Labour Force Survey are published quarterly and annually.
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	10.1. Dissemination format - News release	Labour Force Survey data are published quarterly and annually in press releases.
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/13
	10.2. Dissemination format - Publications	Data from the Labour Force Survey can be found in the publications of BiH in figures, Women and Men in BiH and Statistics for Indicators of Sustainable Development of BiH. Also, on the website of the Agency for Statistics of BiH, web tables of the Labour Force Survey are available, which contain time series of basic labor market indicators.
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/13
	10.3.  Dissemination format - online database	Labour Force Survey data are not available in the online database.
	10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access	Access to micro-data for research purposes is provided and the data is given exclusively through a protocol which implies that users submit a request in which they must state the purpose of using the micro-data and sign a Memorandum of Understanding. Statistical databases of microdata that are given to use  for scientific research purposes contain reduced information about the respondents - the goal is to prevent the identification of respondents, ie households.
	10.5. Dissemination format - other	Requests for data that require additional processing are submitted to the Dissemination Department, after which they forward the request to the Labor Market Department which performs the process of producing / processing the requested data. The processed data is then delivered to the users.
	10.6. Documentation on methodology	Short methodological explanations can be found in the Labour Force Survey Release, as well as in the time series tables. The Labour Force Survey Releases and time series tables are available on the website of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	10.7. Quality management - documentation	All available quality information can be found on the website of the  Agency for Statistics BiH.
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet&lang=en
	11. Quality management
	11.1. Quality assurance	The Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina is committed to quality assurance in the production of official statistics pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (1) “Law on Statistics of BiH, Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina 26/04; 42/04 ”. In order to ensure the quality of statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHAS has developed the document Quality Management Policy and Program in the Agency for Statistics of BiH, which is available on the website of the Agency for Statistics of BiH. Quality management policy as an element of quality management system is generally related to the following components: product quality as well as other elements of quality management system, such as planning and control. To ensure the quality of processes and products, the Agency for Statistics implements the model of Total Quality Management (TQM) done using CAF tools. The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a complete quality management tool developed by the public sector for the public sector, inspired by the EFQM model of excellence. The self-assessment process identifies and monitors all organizational results, provides feedback on organizational capacity and the results of the policy and planning process. The self-assessment scoring tool has 9 key indicators and 28 criteria on the basis of which it is possible to measure the achieved level of management and determine which are the critical points for improvements in the future. He views the organization from different angles at the same time: a holistic approach to organizational performance analysis. BHAS uses the “CAF Implementation Tool Guidelines” and a ten-step implementation plan developed to help organizations use it in the most efficient and effective way. The self-assessment process identifies and monitors key organizational results and provides feedback on organizational capacity and process results policy and planning.This quality monitoring model requires the development of a standardized questionnaire that includes all the principles in the model. To ensure the quality of statistics, the Agency has prepared the Quality Management Policy and Programme, which is available on the website:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/data/Dokumenti/Kvalitet/QM_Politika_i_Program_BHAS.pdf
	11.2. Quality management - assessment	The quality of official statistics products (main indicators / statistics) is regularly assessed in the Quality Reports by calculating quality indicators. All processes on the basis of which the production of statistics is performed are assessed by certain quality indicators and additionally through GSBPM documentation.
	12. Relevance
	12.1. Relevance - User Needs	The key users of the survey data are: 1. Internal users: statisticians from other statistical fields 2. National beneficiaries: governments of all levels of government, ministries, other state institutions of all levels of government, economic institutes, faculties, scientists, labor market analysts, media, etc. 3. International beneficiaries: EU Statistical Office, World Bank, International Labor Organization, UNDP, UNESCO, UNECE, OECD, ETF, USAID, foreign embassies in BiH. The Labour Force Survey was prepared in accordance with international standards and recommendations, and meets the needs of domestic and international users. The academic community and scientific research institutes use data from the Survey for scientific research projects and works in order to develop and implement the recommendations of relevant institutions to improve the position of the workforce, especially the unemployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. State institutions dealing with labour market projections, employment bureaus and ministries of all levels of government dealing with civil society, human rights and employment policies, use data from the Survey to determine the necessary improvements in their field of work related to the labour market. International users use data from the Survey for a systemic and user-oriented presentation of internationally comparable indicators of the Labour Force Survey, and for international research projects aimed at developing and improving the position of the labour force in the labour market.
	12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction	One of the key elements in ensuring the quality of statistical data is monitoring user satisfaction. The results of the Customer Satisfaction Survey are available on the website of the Agency for Statistics BiH.
		https://bhas.gov.ba/
		There is no specific customer satisfaction survey for the Labour Force Survey.
	12.3.Completeness	The Labour Force Survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina is conducted continuously according to the redesigned methodology, in line with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240. All mandatory variables are covered, and the data availability rate is 100%.
	13. Accuracy and reliability of data
	13.1.Accuracy - overall	The Labour Force Survey is a sample-based survey, and when conducting a survey, sampling errors, related to sample selection and non-response, occur. The Labour Force Survey is the most comprehensive source of data in the field of the labour market and it is comparable internationally. Continuous compliance with international standards and recommendations makes the Labour Force Survey a reliable survey.
	13.2. Sampling error	Sampling errors are presented for the following statistics and / or variables: working age population, labour force, employed persons, unemployed persons, inactive persons, persons aged 15-64, activity rate, employment rate and unemployment rate. Sampling errors occur as a fact that the Survey is not conducted on full coverage, ie. on the entire target population, which in the case of the Survey would include all persons in BiH aged 15 and over. Conducting the Survey on full coverage would require much more time, as well as significantly higher financial resources for implementation. The survey is conducted on a sample, ie on a part of households. It is also known that it is possible to select a large number of samples for one study, where each sample would give certain estimates of key indicators that would be more or less different. It is the sampling errors, which, unlike non-sampling errors, are measurable, that indicate how reliable our obtained indicators are.
	13.3. Non-sampling error	\
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	14.1. Timeliness	The results of the Labour Force Survey are published in accordance with the Publication Calendar, on a quarterly and annual basis, in the form of press releases and web series in Excel tables. Quarterly data are published four times a year, 10 weeks after the end of the reference quarter, while annual data are published once a year, 13 weeks after the end of the reference year.
	14.2. 14.2. Punctuality	\
	15. Coherence and comparability
	15.1. Comparability - geographical	The Labour Force Survey was conducted based on the recommendations of the International Labour Organization and EU regulations, so its results are comparable with other countries in the region and the EU. All definitions and procedures are prescribed by the European Union, which makes the research appropriate for comparing the general and specific characteristics of the labour market at the international level.
	15.2. Comparability - over time	The Labour Force Survey, as a pilot survey, was first conducted in 2005. From 2006 to 2019, the survey was conducted once a year, in April. During this period, there was a change in the sampling framework in 2009 (a new updated Master Framework for sampling was introduced), harmonization of the Classification of Occupations with the ISCO-08 classification (2011), harmonization of the Classification of Activities of BiH with NACE Rev. 2 classification (2012), harmonization of the Classification of Levels of Education with the ISCED 2011 classification (2015), which affected the comparability of annual data. From 2020, the survey is conducted as a continuous survey on the new Main Framework for Sample Selection. From January 2021, the Labour Force Survey is conducted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019, which establishes a common framework for European statistics on persons and households based on data on individuals collected on the basis of a sample, and on the basis of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019, which introduced a new, redesigned methodology of the Labour Force Survey, and interrupted the data series in relation to 2020.
	15.3. Coherence - cross domain	\
	15.4. Coherence - internal	Estimates of the Labour Force Survey for a given period have complete internal coherence, as they are all based on the same set of microdata and are calculated using the same estimation methods. Annual data are calculated as a quarterly average, which ensures coherence.
	16. Cost and Burden	The annual operational costs for conducting the survey are reflected in material costs and compensation expenses. Material costs include expenses for printing training documentation for interviewers and purchasing other accompanying materials, while compensation expenses include payments to interviewers and coders for data entry. The costs do not include salaries of employees and other expenses of statistical institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As an indicator of the reporting units’ burden, we estimate the time that reporting units spend participating in the Survey. The household interview lasts on average approximately 35 minutes. The time spent by households that did not participate in the survey is not included.
	17. Data revision
	17.1. Data revision - policy	The Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have an official general audit policy document.
	17.2. Data revision - practice	No data revision was conducted or planned.
	18. Statistical processing
	18.1. Source data	The Labour Force Survey is the most comprehensive ongoing survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2020, the survey is conducted every week (Monday to Sunday). The research is conducted by surveying one subsample in one week, and another subsample in another, and so on. Respondents give answers about their work activity in the week that is a reference for them. The labour force survey is conducted on a random sample of private households. Since 2020, a panel component has been introduced in the sample design and households are surveyed 4 times. The main sample frame is used as a sampling frame, which is stratified according to the entities / district and the type of settlement (urban and other). The sample design in the Labour Force Survey is two-stage stratified. The sample was divided into 4 independently selected subsamples, rotating groups or panels. The primary sampling units in the Main Framework are territorial units composed of one or more adjacent census districts. Secondary sampling units are housing units inhabited by private households, from the mentioned framework they were selected by the method of random sampling. The Labour Force Survey is based on a rotating sample scheme, according to which households are surveyed in two consecutive quarters, omitted from the sample for the next two quarters, and re-surveyed in two more consecutive quarters (2- (2) -2). In this way, it is possible to monitor and observe changes in the situation on the labor market in quarterly and annual dynamics.
	18.2.  Frequency of data collection	Each week of the year represents a reference week, and the households selected for the sample are allocated accordingly. The household survey is carried out in the week following the reference week, meaning that data collection is conducted continuously throughout the calendar year. Each household selected for the sample is interviewed four times over a period of 18 months, i.e. it participates in the survey for two consecutive quarters, is then out of the sample for two quarters, and is included again for the following two quarters.
	18.3. Data collection	Labour Force Survey data is collected through an electronic questionnaire (CAPI) on the field. The same electronic questionnaire is used by interviewers working on telephone data collection (CATI). The interviewers are the bearers of the Labour Force Survey and the success of the research depends on their work. The success of the Survey depends on their way of surveying, as well as knowledge of the essence of the questions asked in the questionnaire and their interpretation. Also important is their persistence and commitment. The first round of the survey is conducted in person, by visiting the interviewer at the household. The interviewers are equipped with laptops with an implemented electronic questionnaire. During the first visit to the household, the interviewers collect the contact telephone number of the household, in order to conduct a telephone survey in one of the following quarters or in the following quarters. Interviewers first collect sociodemographic data for each household member, and then information on employment status for household members aged 15 to 89. In the next wave of surveys, the interviewer checks the sociodemographic data collected during the first survey and then collects employment status information for the current quarter. Participation in the Labour Force Survey is voluntary.
	18.4. Data validation	The use of an electronic questionnaire for data collection reduces the time and costs required for data entry and processing. All interviewers use the same electronic questionnaire with implemented logical-accounting controls that exist to minimize input errors. The logical controls implemented in the application software are mostly SOFT (milder) because it is estimated that the interviewer in the household should stay as short as possible, so for that reason, the codes of occupations, activities and areas of education are not entered in the field. data. In addition to SOFT controls, the electronic questionnaire also contains HARD controls, which are crucial for obtaining basic labor market indicators. Detailed analysis and validation of data in accordance with logical controls is performed in central offices by statisticians. The Labour Force Survey uses so-called "dependent surveys", which means that previously collected responses (from previous quarters) are used to reduce the burden on respondents and limit the amount of time spent manually searching for errors. Respondents confirm the previous answers given.
	18.5.Data compilation	After data entry and verification, logical checks, data cleaning, and weighting of microdata are carried out, and the results are weighted up to the total population level. Missing values for questions to which respondents did not know or did not wish to provide an answer are imputed. The share of imputed data is very small, but a precise estimate is not available because the application does not record individual imputed values. Aggregated indicators are calculated in accordance with Eurostat’s methodology and standards for the production of labour market indicators. Before publication, consistency checks are performed against previous periods.
	18.6. Adjustment	No seasonal adjustment is made.
	19. Comment	-