Statistical processing

Source data

The statistics on workplaces and jobs are compiled based on parts of the Labour Market Accounts (AMR_UN). The primary data sources for the parts of the Labour Market Accounts used in the statistic are the eIncome Register and the Central Business Register.

Frequency of data collection

The data collection is conducted annually.

Data collection

The statistics on workplaces and jobs are compiled based on the Labour Market Accounts (AMR_UN). The primary data sources for the parts of the Labour Market Accounts used in these statistics are the eIncome Register and the Central Business Register.

Data validation

In cases where reported working hours are missing, considered invalid, or deemed unlikely, the working hours are imputed.

All employers are required to report the workplace for each job. However, for some employers, these reports are incomplete or incorrect. If it is not possible to obtain the correct information through the usual error correction process, the job is automatically assigned to the most likely workplace. This is done by weighing information about the size of workplaces and their distance from the employee’s municipality of residence, among other factors. This procedure ensures that the statistics can be distributed across geographic areas and detailed industry categories.

Persons who are fully unemployed at the reference point at the end of November cannot simultaneously hold a job.

As part of the production process it is verified that each workplace has consistent information regarding industry, sector, and workplace address.

Data compilation

The statistics on workplaces and jobs are compiled based on the Labour Market Accounts (AMR_UN). Only the part of the Labour Market Accounts that covers jobs – including employees, self-employed persons, and assisting spouses – is relevant for the statistics. Jobs are extracted annually from the Labour Market Accounts, forming a more summary annual register that includes all employee jobs during the year as well as all jobs at the end of November. Subsequent data processing and error correction are then performed, and the data are aggregated at the workplace level.

If a company has multiple workplaces, information on which workplace a specific job should be attributed to is sometimes missing. If it is not possible to obtain this information through the general error correction process, the job is assigned to the most likely workplace. This is done, for example, by weighting information on the size of the workplaces and their distance from the employee’s municipality of residence.

The group of employees consists of persons who meet the following two conditions:

First, employees must work more than zero hours if employed for up to one week, more than one hour if employed for up to two weeks, more than two hours if employed for up to three weeks, and more than three hours if employed for more than three weeks. Exceptions are employees who are temporarily absent from a job for no more than 45 days, or from jobs from which they are absent due to maternity/paternity leave or illness, but who still retain the position.

Second, employees must not be full-time unemployed.

Self-employed persons are identified based on various economic indicators e.g., turnover, profit, whether they are economically active and whether they have employees. Assisting spouses are identified based on whether profit has been transferred from the spouse during the year.

Adjustment

No further adjustments are made beyond those described in "Data Validation" and "Data Compilation".