Labour Force Survey in the EU, Candidate and EFTA countries : Main characteristics of the 2006 national surveys

The present report describes the main characteristics of the Labour Force Survey in then 25 Member States of the European Union, the four Candidate Countries and three Efta countries in 2006. All of the countries provide Eurostat with LFS micro-data for publication. The aim of this report is to provide users with the means to accurately interpret the LFS results by providing information regarding the technical features of the Labour Force Surveys carried out in these countries.