Assessing human resources for health: what can be learned from labour force surveys?

Table 2 Sources and sample sizes of health occupations in LIS datasets

Country and year of survey		Survey name/type	Health occupations in sample (aged 15 and over)
Austria	1991	Mikrozensus	885
	1995	Mikrozensus	960
Canada	1994	Survey of consumer finances	3,046
	1997	Labour force survey	3,402
Czech Republic	1994	Vyberoveho setreni pracovnich sil	1,056
Denmark	1992	Income tax survey	627
	1997	Income tax survey	660
Finland	1990	Tyoevoiman vuosihaastattelu sysky	1,134
France	1997	Enquête sur l'emploi	2,774
Germany	1989	Social economic panel study	128
	1994	Social economic panel study	258
Hungary	1991	Household panel	93
	1994	Household panel	60
Netherlands	1991	Socio-economic panel	292
	1994	Socio-economic panel	374
Norway	1990	Arbeidskraftundersokelsen	416
Poland	1994	Stale badanie aktywnosci ekonomicznej ludnosci	819
Russian Federation	1992	Longitudinal monitoring survey	380
	1995	Longitudinal monitoring survey	237
Slovakia	1995	Labour force sample survey	416
Slovenia	1994	Anketa o delovni sili	328
Spain	1990	Expenditure and income survey	817
	1993	Encuesta de poblacion activa	1,513
Switzerland	1992	Income distribution survey	213
	1997	Enquête sur la population active	625
United Kingdom	1991	Family expenditure survey	441
	1997	National labour force survey	4,536
United States	1991	March current population survey	1,165
	1997	Combined current population survey	12,248

Source: Luxembourg Income Study and Luxembourg Employment Study (waves III and IV).

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