Quarterly National Household Survey
The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) began in September 1997,
replacing the annual April Labour Force Survey (LFS). The purpose of the
survey is the production of quarterly labour force estimates (microdata)
and occasional reports on special social topics (modules).
Information is collected continuously throughout the year, with 3,000
households surveyed each week to give a total sample of 39,000 households
in each quarter. Households are asked to take part in the survey for five
consecutive quarters.
Further, more detailed information on the QNHS is available from the
CSO here.
Data is only available for use by bona fide research projects.
Any requests for consultancy or commercial uses of this data must be
directed to the Central Statistics Office.
PLEASE NOTE THAT:
- Data may be subject to future revision.
- Survey data may be subject to sampling error. Great care should
be taken when interpreting small cell values.
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Calendar quarters: It should be noted that from Q1 2009 the
Quarterly National Household Survey is now collected and published on
a calendar quarter basis, that is
Q1: Jan-Mar, Q2: Apr-June, Q3: July-Sep, Q4: Oct-Dec. This
compares to the old seasonal based quarters of Q1: Dec-Feb, Q2:
Mar-May, Q3: Jun-Aug, Q4:Sep-Nov.
Comparisons with
existing seasonal based quarters available from the ISSDA should be
treated with caution.
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Industrial classifications:
A new industrial classification, NACE Rev 2 (See
http://www.cso.ie/surveysandmethodologies/classification_indus_act.htm)
was introduced in Q1 2009. It should be noted that existing
quarters available from the ISSDA are still classified to NACE Rev 1.1.
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Education:
A break
in continuity has occurred in the Educational Attainment series and,
therefore, data from Q2 2009 is not directly comparable with
previous quarters. The classification of educational levels
has been revised in order to facilitate the linking of education
categories to the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), while
also retaining links with the international education classification,
ISCED97. This affects the classification in a number of ways.
One key difference is the distinction between ordinary and honours
level degrees. For information on the framework see:
http://www.nfq.ie/nfq/en/. For
information on the ISCED97 classification see:
http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=7433_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC.
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Additional notes |
(1) These datasets are
available for non-funded, academic use only. Requests for
other uses must be directed to the CSO. |
| (2) To request data,
please complete and post this
Data
Contract form to ISSDA at the following address:
Irish Social Science Data Archive
B105 UCD Geary Institute
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4.
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q4-2008
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| Cases |
68,762 |
| Codebook |
same as q2-2005 |
q2-2008
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| Cases |
74,638 |
| Codebook |
same as q2-2005 |
q2-2007
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| Cases |
85,133 |
| Codebook |
same as q2-2005 |
q4-2006
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| Cases |
83,818 |
| Codebook |
same as q2-2005 |
q2-2006
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| Cases |
85,734 |
| Codebook |
same as q2-2005 |
MODULES
(note: due to CSO restrictions, these files cannot be
matched to their associated microdata files)
| CRIME AND VICTIMISATION CUMULATIVE
MODULE |
| Surveys |
Q4-1998 and Q4-2003,
Individual and Household-level files |
| Cases |
- 1998: 90,318 (individual), and 34,472 (household)
- 2003: 69,626 (individual) and 28,521 (household)
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| Codebooks |
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| Other |
CSO
Report
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| q3-2002 VOTER PARTICIPATION/ABSTENTION
MODULE |
| Cases |
24,805 |
| Codebook |
qnhs2002-q3voter.pdf |
| Notes |
The module was initiated as part of
the Public Opinion and Political Behaviour Research Programme at the
Institute for the Study of Social Change at UCD.
ISSC would like to acknowledge the contribution of the working
group of academics and of government and CSO officials that assisted
in the design of the study and of the questionnaire.
An ISSC-based research group (Chris Achen (Princeton), Gerald
Mills, Patrick Murphy and Richard Sinnott) is currently working on
an analysis of the data. This research project is supported by a
grant from the Irish Council for the Humanities and Social
Sciences.
Any inquiries about the study should be addressed to Richard.Sinnott@ucd.ie
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| Other |
CSO
Report
Summary
Report
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