Labour force

The Labour Force Survey has been reengineered in 2004 according to the relevant Community regulation and registers for each week the main data on labour market from the supply side.

This book first gives data for the 1997-2008 period and after presents the results relating to the average for the year 2008 regarding population, labour force, employed, unemployed and non labour force. Data are broken down by sex, age, educational level and territory.

Information concerns the main characteristics of occupation (economic activity, activity status, occupation, working hours), unemployment, previous working experience, length of unemployment) as well as the various types of inactivity.

Furthermore, the book gives the main results relating to education and vocational training and additional information presented from the households’ perspective.

How to buy the print edition

The print edition, when ready, will be available in the Statistical Information Centres, located in every Italian region and autonomous province, in the bookshops collaborating with Istat or by filling out the appropriate order form.