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Concept variable

Current activity status

	Norwegian (bokmål)
Name	Current activity status
Definition	Current activity status gives the person's activity status during a reference week. The activities are: Employed, Unemployed, Pensioners and In education. Employed and Unemployed person are defined in accordance with labour market statistics. Persons receiving long time national insurance benefits are classified as Pensioners. Students/pupils are classified as In education. Persons registered with more than one activity are classified by activity in the succession listed above. Persons not belonging to any of these activity groups are classified as Others.
Valid from	2001-01-01
Valid to	2001-12-31
Owner	320 - Division for population statistics
Comments	Pensioners. As long time national insurance benefits are regarded the following: retirement pension, invalidity pension, widow/widower's pension and contractual pensions (voluntarily early retirement scheme). In education. In this group is includes all pupils and students (in Norway and abroad) and persons in job training schemes.

Statistical unit	Person
Subject	02.01 - Population structure
Statistics	Population and Housing Census

Linked to Variable Definition	Unemployed Employed persons
Linked to StatBank tables	10182: Persons 15 years and above, by place of residence, current activity status and sex (BU) 09920: Population 19 years and older, by main source of income and current activity status 09889: Persons 15 years and above, by place of residence, current activity status and level of education (M) (UD) 09845: Persons 15 years and above, by place of residence, current activity status and type of household (M) (UD) 09844: Persons 15 years and above, by place of residence, current activity status, sex and age (M) (UD)