Employment Characteristics – Key Indicators (full dataset)Caractéristiques de l'emploi - Principaux indicateurs (dossier complet)

Caractéristiques de l'emploi - Principaux indicateurs (dossier complet)Employment Characteristics – Key Indicators (full dataset)

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This dataset from INSEE, the French national statistics institute, presents characteristics of the employed population aged 15 and over, broken down by age, sex, type of employment, and working time. Data are available at the municipal and supra-municipal levels for France, excluding Mayotte. It is part of INSEE's population census outputs and provides detailed indicators useful for analysing employment patterns and labour market structure across French territorial units.Caractéristiques de la population de 15 ans ou plus ayant un emploi selon l'âge, le sexe, la forme d'emploi et la durée de travail au niveau communal et supracommunal pour la France hors Mayotte.

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Data schema (10 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
GEOTerritory	string	Code of the geographic area (commune or supra-communal zone).Code of the geographic area (commune or supra-communal zone).
SEX	string	Sex of the population group (e.g. male, female).Sex of the population group (e.g. male, female).
EMPFORM	string	Code indicating the form of employment held.Code indicating the form of employment held.
FREQFrequency	string	Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual.Frequency of the observation, e.g. annual.
EMPSTA_ENQEmpsta enq	string	Employment status code as recorded in the survey.Employment status code as recorded in the survey.
TIME_PERIODPeriod	string	Reference year of the observation.Reference year of the observation.
WKTIME	string	Code indicating full-time or part-time working duration.Code indicating full-time or part-time working duration.
RP_MEASURERp measure	string	Statistical measure type used, e.g. population count.Statistical measure type used, e.g. population count.
AGE	string	Age group of the population, e.g. 15-24 years.Age group of the population, e.g. 15-24 years.
OBS_VALUE_NIVEAUValue	number	Estimated number of people corresponding to the observation.Estimated number of people corresponding to the observation.

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Sample data (5 records)

Record 1AGE: Y15T24 · GEO: 2026-AAV2020-001

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "GEO": "2026-AAV2020-001",
  "SEX": "F",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "WKTIME": "FT",
  "EMPFORM": "2",
  "EMPSTA_ENQ": "1",
  "RP_MEASURE": "POP",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 151021.16801
}

Record 2AGE: Y15T24 · GEO: 2026-AAV2020-001

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "GEO": "2026-AAV2020-001",
  "SEX": "M",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "WKTIME": "FT",
  "EMPFORM": "2",
  "EMPSTA_ENQ": "1",
  "RP_MEASURE": "POP",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 176594.44216
}

Record 3AGE: Y15T24 · GEO: 2026-AAV2020-001

{
  "AGE": "Y15T24",
  "GEO": "2026-AAV2020-001",
  "SEX": "_T",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "WKTIME": "FT",
  "EMPFORM": "2",
  "EMPSTA_ENQ": "1",
  "RP_MEASURE": "POP",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 327615.61017
}

Record 4AGE: Y15T64 · GEO: 2026-AAV2020-001

{
  "AGE": "Y15T64",
  "GEO": "2026-AAV2020-001",
  "SEX": "F",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "WKTIME": "FT",
  "EMPFORM": "2",
  "EMPSTA_ENQ": "1",
  "RP_MEASURE": "POP",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 2035677.58201
}

Record 5AGE: Y15T64 · GEO: 2026-AAV2020-001

{
  "AGE": "Y15T64",
  "GEO": "2026-AAV2020-001",
  "SEX": "M",
  "FREQ": "A",
  "WKTIME": "FT",
  "EMPFORM": "2",
  "EMPSTA_ENQ": "1",
  "RP_MEASURE": "POP",
  "TIME_PERIOD": "2012",
  "OBS_VALUE_NIVEAU": 2331273.60241
}

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