This article describes the methodology of the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) from the year 2021 onwards. It gives information on the labour force status and on the main indicators derived from it.

After its update planned for February 2021, this article will also provide specific information on the other concepts and definitions the labour force status is grounded on, the references to the variables available in the EU-LFS datasets and the classifications used in the EU-LFS. Furthermore, it will present the national questionnaires developed by the participating countries to collect the EU-LFS data.

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