About Labour Force Survey¶
https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3701
The Labour Force Survey provides estimates of employment and unemployment. With the release of the survey results only 10 days after the completion of data collection, the LFS estimates are the first of the major monthly economic data series to be released. LFS data are used to produce the well-known unemployment rate as well as other standard labour market indicators such as the employment rate and the participation rate.
import sys
sys.path.append("./src")
import matplotlib.pyplot as pl
import matplotlib_inline.backend_inline
matplotlib_inline.backend_inline.set_matplotlib_formats('svg')
from importlib import reload
import teachingcity
from teachingcity import labourforce, building, retail
reload(labourforce)
reload(building)
reload(retail);
Introduction¶
lfs_2021_10 = labourforce.dataframe(years=[2021], months=[10])
We have collected 34 months of the labour force survey from 2019/01 to 2021/10.
The data set contains 60 attributes including but not limited to:
Date of survey
Demographic information (gender, age)
Geographic location
Nature of employment (industry and status)
Salary
A complete list of the attributes are included below.
A glance of the data¶
pl.figure(figsize=(6, 6))
df = lfs_2021_10.groupby(lfs_2021_10.naics_21).hrlyearn.mean().dropna()
df.index.name = 'Wage by industry for 2021/10'
df.sort_values().plot.barh();
Appendix: Labour Force Survey Attributes¶
attrs = labourforce.attributes()
attrs
| attr | label | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | age_12 | Five-year age group of respondent |
| 1 | age_6 | Age in 2 and 3 year groups, 15 to 29 |
| 2 | agyownk | Age of youngest child |
| 3 | ahrsmain | Actual hours worked per week at main job |
| 4 | atothrs | Actual hours worked per week at all jobs |
| 5 | availabl | Availability during the reference week |
| 6 | cma | Nine largest CMAs |
| 7 | cowmain | Class of worker, main job |
| 8 | durjless | Duration of joblessness (months) |
| 9 | durunemp | Duration of unemployment (weeks) |
| 10 | educ | Highest educational attainment |
| 11 | efamtype | Type of economic family |
| 12 | estsize | Establishment size |
| 13 | everwork | Not currently employed, worked in the past |
| 14 | finalwt | Standard final weight |
| 15 | firmsize | Firm size |
| 16 | flowunem | Flows into unemployment |
| 17 | ftptlast | Full- or part-time status of last job |
| 18 | ftptmain | Full- or part-time status at main or only job |
| 19 | hrlyearn | Usual hourly wages, employees only |
| 20 | hrsaway | Hours away from work, part-week absence only |
| 21 | immig | Immigration status |
| 22 | lfsstat | Labour force status |
| 23 | lkansads | Unemployed, placed or answered ads |
| 24 | lkatads | Unemployed, looked at job ads |
| 25 | lkemploy | Unemployed, checked with employers directly |
| 26 | lkothern | Unemployed, other methods |
| 27 | lkpubag | Unemployed, used public employment agency |
| 28 | lkrels | Unemployed, checked with friends or relatives |
| 29 | marstat | Marital status of respondent |
| 30 | mjh | Single or multiple jobholder |
| 31 | naics_21 | Industry of main job |
| 32 | noc_10 | 2016 NOC (10 categories) |
| 33 | noc_40 | Occupation at main job - 2016 NOC (40 categories) |
| 34 | paidot | Paid overtime hours in reference week |
| 35 | payaway | Paid for time off, full-week absence only |
| 36 | permtemp | Job permanency, employees only |
| 37 | prevten | Job tenure with previous employer (months) |
| 38 | prioract | Main activity before started looking for work |
| 39 | prov | Province |
| 40 | rec_num | Order of record in file |
| 41 | schooln | Current student status |
| 42 | sex | Sex of respondent |
| 43 | survmnth | Survey month |
| 44 | survyear | Survey year |
| 45 | tenure | Job tenure with current employer (months) |
| 46 | tlolook | Temporary layoff, looked for work during the l... |
| 47 | uhrsmain | Usual hours worked per week at main job |
| 48 | unemftpt | Unemployed, type of job wanted |
| 49 | union | Union status, employees only |
| 50 | unpaidot | Unpaid overtime hours in reference week |
| 51 | utothrs | Usual hours worked per week at all jobs |
| 52 | whyleftn | Reason for leaving job during previous year |
| 53 | whylefto | Reason for leaving job during previous year (l... |
| 54 | whypt | Reason for part-time work |
| 55 | wksaway | Number of weeks absent from work |
| 56 | xtrahrs | Number of overtime or extra hours worked |
| 57 | yabsent | Reason of absence, full week |
| 58 | yaway | Reason for part-week absence |
| 59 | ynolook | Reason for not looking for work during the ref... |