Persons being laid-off for a certain period of time are classified as employed. The employed may be employees, self-employed persons, or unpaid family workers.
Usual hours refers to main job only.
The Standard Industrial Classification 1995 is used, coded at 2 to 3-digit level. The classification corresponds to ISIC Rev. 3 at the 2-digit level. Statistics Finland's Classification of Occupations 1997 is used, coded at the 5-digit level. No direct links with ICSE 1993. Data on education are drawn from Statistics Finland's Register of Completed Education and Degrees, coded at the 6-digit level.