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The employment rate shows the share of employed persons in the working-age population. The data are collected with the Labour Force Survey. An employed person is someone who worked during the reference period and was paid as a wage earner, entrepreneur or freelancer. An employed person is also someone who worked without direct payment in a family enterprise or own farm, or was temporarily absent from work.

Statistics Estonia’s data show that the people of Estonia love to sing and dance: more than 80,000 Estonian residents are involved in folk culture, with singing in a choir and folk dance being the most popular activities. Folk culture covers a nation's tangible and intangible cultural heritage and customs. Folk dance, choir singing, brass music and ethnic handicrafts help to preserve traditions. Amateur theatres, folk culture societies and other activities associated with intangible cultural heritage and folk culture sustain the national identity and support intergenerational unity. Folk