The LFS questionnaire is structured around the following themes:
- a description of the household and its members;
- the status of an activity according to the ILO definition;
- a detailed description of the current main job (occupation, working time, kind of contract, income from work, etc.);
- the level of education and participation in training;
- the situation one year before the survey (place of residence, labour market situation, etc.);
- the receipt of benefits, including unemployment benefits and old-age pensions;
- social and geographical origin;
- health status;
- labour market trajectory over the past 12 months.
In 2018, the complementary module focuses on reconciliation between work and family life.

The LFS provides a measurement of activity, employment and unemployment according to the ILO definition. It gives a description of the job (status, occupation, working time...) according to european classifications / definitions.
It measures the concepts related to formal and non formal education following the european approach.

Persons

Persons aged 15 or more, living in: ordinary housing.

The complete year.