Longitudinal integration database for health insurance and labour market studies (LISA by Swedish acronym)

During 2004 the longitudinal database LOUISE was extended and renamed LISA. Aside from Statistics Sweden, the Social Insurance Agency and the Swedish Agency for Innovative Systems partook in the construction work. The Social Insurance Agency is a continued cooperative partner in the further development and documentation of the database. The database presently holds annual registers since 1990 and includes all individuals 16 years of age and older that were registered in Sweden as of December 31 for each year. The database integrates existing data from the labour market, educational and social sectors and is updated each year with a new annual register. The individual is the primary object in LISA, but connections to family, companies and places of employment are also available. There are special retrieval tables for companies and places of employment with descriptive data about the object.

The individual section of the database includes information on the following.

Gainful employment as of November (according to register-based labour market statistics)
Income from gainful employment (distinguished as largest, second largest and third largest)
Sector, economic and professional (employed or entrepreneur) for largest, second largest and third largest forms of gainful employment
Work for gainful employment in November
Incomes or compensations from employment, entrepreneurial activities, studies, national military service, illness, parental leave, unemployment, labour market activity, rehabilitation, partial retirement, early retirement, retirement, occupational pension, annuities, social assistance, private pensions, etc.
Disposable income
Country of birth and parental countries of birth
Latest year of immigration
Place of residence (county, municipality, parish and property)
Place of employment (county and municipality)
Highest level of education

The company section of the database contains annual information on the following.

Location
Type of industry
Sector
Number of employees distributed by sex and level of education
Number of employees during the year
Salaries paid during the year
Economic key ratios (since 1997 annual register)
Basic economic data (since 1997 annual register)

The place of employment section in the database contains annual register information on the following.

Location
Type of industry
Sector
Number of employees distributed by sex and level of education
Number of employees during the year
Salaries paid during the year

The database gives a basis for longitudinal statistics and research about entire populations or groups therein or geographic areas, and about relations gainful employment and alternative employments (studies, parental leave, unemployment, labour market activities, etc.) as well as gainful employment and illness.

Retrievals form LISA be in aggregate for as statistical retrievals or as anonymised object data for further appropriation. It is presumed in the latter case that the material shall be used for research or statistical ends. In most cases a special ethical screening is conducted in order to gain access to data for research purposes. See http://www.forskningsetikprovning.se/. A secrecy clearance by Statistics Sweden is conducted for every release of object data.

The LISA database is housed in an SQL database. The information can be linked, when needed, to separate data files and updated with information from other registers at Statistics Sweden. Data files can be delivered in SPSS, SAS, ACCESS, EXCEL or ASCII format according to customer specifications.

For more information:
Tel +46(0)19-17 64 40, e-mail: lisascb.se
or

Susanne G Brännström +46 (0)19-17 66 61 susanne.gullbergbrannstromscb.se

Stefan Vikenmark +46 (0)8-5069 43 78 stefan.vikenmarkscb.se

Lena E Andersson +46 (0)19-17 61 96 lena.anderssonscb.se

Agneta Sträng Abrahamsson +46 (0)19-17 60 24 agneta.strangscb.se

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