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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)

C/2019/8802

OJ L 336, 30.12.2019, p. 59–124 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2019/2240/oj

30.12.2019   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 336/59


COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/2240

of 16 December 2019

specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (1), and in particular Articles 7(1), 8(3) and 13(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In order to ensure the accurate implementation of the sample survey in the labour force domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data set, the technical formats for transmission of information and the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports.

(2)

The Member States and the Union institutions should use statistical classifications for the territorial units, education, occupation and economic sector that are compatible with the NUTS (2), ISCED (3), ISCO (4) and NACE (5) classifications.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation specifies the technical items of the data set, the technical formats for the transmission of information from Member States to the Commission (Eurostat) and the detailed arrangements for transmission and the content of the quality reports in the labour force domain.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1)

‘main variable’ means a variable with a quarterly periodicity;

(2)

‘structural variable’ means an annual, biennial, eight-yearly variable or a variable collected on an ad hoc subject;

(3)

‘minimum set of variables’ means the variables to be collected for all household members to allow analyses both at household level and at individual level broken down by specific household characteristics;

(4)

‘sample rotation scheme’ means the split of the total sample into sub-samples of observation units similar in size and design, used to specify the number of times and the exact reference quarters of the year for which an observation unit shall provide information in the survey;

(5)

‘wave’ means the sub-sample of observation units due to be interviewed for the same nth time according to the sample rotation scheme in a reference quarter;

(6)

‘uniform sample distribution of the annual sample’ with regards to all the reference quarters of the year means that each quarterly sample is the total annual sample divided by four;

(7)

‘uniform sample distribution of the quarterly sample’ with regards to all the reference weeks of the quarter means that each weekly sample is the total quarterly sample divided by the number of the weeks of the quarter; the acceptable variation as specified in Article 6(2) and (3) applies to both distribution;

(8)

‘sample of independent observations’ means a sample where each observation unit occurs only once according to the sample design;

(9)

‘reliability limits’ mean estimated sizes of population groups below which figures have to be suppressed or published with warning;

(10)

‘employed persons’ comprise persons aged 15 to 89 (in completed years at the end of the reference week) who, during the reference week, were in one of the following categories:

(a)

persons who during the reference week worked for at least 1 hour for pay or profit, including contributing family workers (6);

(b)

persons with a job or business who were temporarily not at work during the reference week but had an attachment to their job, where the following groups have a job attachment:

persons not at work due to holidays, working time arrangements, sick leave, maternity or paternity leave;

persons in job-related training;

persons on parental leave, either receiving and/or being entitled to job-related income or benefits, or whose parental leave is expected to be 3 months or less;

seasonal workers during the off-season, where they continue to regularly perform tasks and duties for the job or business, excluding fulfilment of legal or administrative obligations;

persons temporarily not at work for other reasons where the expected duration of the absence is 3 months or less;

(c)

persons that produce agricultural goods whose main part is intended for sale or barter.

Persons in own-use production work, voluntary workers, unpaid trainees and individuals involved in other forms of work (6) are not included in employment on the basis of those activities;

(11)

‘unemployed persons’ comprise persons aged 15 to 74 (in completed years at the end of the reference week) who were:

(a)

during the reference week not employed according to the definition of employment described in paragraph 10; and

(b)

currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment before the end of the 2 weeks following the reference week; and

(c)

actively seeking work, i.e. had either carried out activities in the four-week period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment or found a job to start within a period of at most 3 months from the end of the reference week.

For the purposes of identifying active job search, such activities are:

studying job advertisements;

placing or answering job advertisements;

placing or updating CVs online;

contacting employers directly;

asking friends, relatives or acquaintances;

contacting a public employment service;

contacting a private employment agency;

taking a test, interview or examination as part of a recruitment process; and

making preparations to set up a business.

Seasonal workers not at work during the reference week (off-season) but who expect to return to their seasonal job are to be considered as having ‘found a job’;

(12)

‘persons outside the labour force’ comprise persons who were in one of the following categories:

(a)

aged below 15 (in completed years at the end of the reference week);

(b)

aged above 89 (in completed years at the end of the reference week); or

(c)

aged 15 to 89 (in completed years at the end of the reference week) and neither employed nor unemployed during the reference week according to the definitions of employment and unemployment described in paragraphs 10 and 11.

Article 3

Description of variables

1.   The description and technical format of the quarterly, annual, biennial variables and the eight-yearly variables on the detailed topic ‘labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’ and the coding to be used for the data transmission and the variables to be included in the minimum set of variables are set out in Annex I of this Regulation.

2.   The number of eight-yearly variables to be collected in a given year shall not exceed 11, except in the case of:

(a)

the detailed topic on ‘work organisation and working time arrangements’, for which the number of variables shall not exceed 10 in a given year; and

(b)

the detailed topics on ‘young people on the labour market’ and on ‘educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned’, for which the combined number of eight-yearly variables shall not exceed seven in a given year.

3.   The number of structural variables to be collected on an ad hoc subject every 4 years shall not exceed 11 in a given year.

Article 4

Statistical populations, observation units and rules for respondents

1.   The target population for the labour force domain shall be all persons usually residing in private households in the territory of the Member State.

2.   The data collection for the labour force domain shall be carried out for a sample of private households or a sample of persons belonging to private households as observation units.

3.   Information shall be provided for:

(a)

every person of whatever age on the topics ‘technical items’ and ‘person and household characteristics’;

(b)

every person aged 15 to 74 on the ‘participation in education and training’ topic;

(c)

every person aged 15 to 89 for quarterly, annual and biennial variables on all other topics;

(d)

every person aged 15 to 74 for the eight-yearly variables of the detailed topics on ‘labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’ and ‘accidents at work and other work-related health problems’;

(e)

every person aged 50 to 74 for the eight-yearly variables of the detailed topic on ‘pensions and labour market participation’;

(f)

every person aged 15 to 34 for the eight-yearly variables of the detailed topics on ‘young people on the labour market’ and ‘educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned’;

(g)

every person aged 18 to 74 for the eight-yearly variables of the detailed topic on ‘reconciliation of work and family life’;

(h)

every employed person aged 15 to 74 for the eight-yearly variables of the detailed topic on ‘work organisation and working time arrangements’.

All age groups include the limit ages specified therein.

4.   Proxy interviews are allowed but their number shall be as limited as possible.

Article 5

Reference periods and reference dates

1.   The information collected for the labour force domain shall generally relate to the situation during the course of a single week, running from Monday to Sunday, which constitutes the reference week.

2.   The age of a person shall be the age in completed years at the end of the reference week.

3.   Reference quarters shall be as follows:

(a)

quarters of each year refer to the 12 months of the year divided by four so that January, February and March belong to the first quarter, April, May and June to the second quarter, July, August and September to the third quarter and October, November and December to the fourth quarter;

(b)

the reference weeks are allocated to the reference quarters so that a week belongs to the quarter as defined in point (a) to which at least four days of that week belong (called ‘Thursday rule’), unless this results in the first quarter of the year consisting of only 12 weeks. In that case, the quarters of the year in question will be formed by consecutive blocks of 13 weeks;

(c)

where, in accordance with point (b), a quarter consists of 14 weeks instead of 13 weeks Member States should attempt to spread the sample over all 14 weeks; that includes the option to divide the sample usually assigned to one week over 2 weeks;

(d)

if it is not feasible to spread the sample to cover all 14 weeks of the quarter, the Member State concerned may skip one week of that quarter by not covering it;

(e)

the weeks with a divided sample and the week to be skipped should be typical with regard to unemployment, employment and average actual hours worked and should be part of a month containing five Thursdays;

(f)

the first quarter of 2021 shall begin on Monday, 4 January 2021.

4.   A reference year shall be the combination of the four reference quarters of that year.

Article 6

Detailed sample characteristics

1.   The data collection shall refer to one reference week for each observation unit. The reference week shall be assigned to the observation unit prior to the fieldwork.

2.   In addition to the quarterly requirements set out in point 1 of Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, the full national sample for the reference year shall be uniformly distributed between all the reference quarters of the year. In each reference quarter the full quarterly sample shall be uniformly distributed between all the reference weeks of the quarter, except in the case of quarters consisting of 14 weeks where the sample may first be uniformly distributed in 13 reference weeks and then further treated in accordance with one of the following:

(a)

the sample assigned to one reference week shall be further divided over two typical reference weeks to cover all 14 weeks;

(b)

one typical week shall be skipped in line with Article 5(3) of this Regulation.

3.   The full sample distributions referred to in paragraph 2 and in point 1 of Annex III of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 shall not deviate more than 10 % from the exact shares at national level, except in the case of Member States producing monthly unemployment statistics for which, for no more than 5 weeks a quarter, a 15 % difference from the exact weekly share is allowed. Those Member States are required to apply a deterministic correction to the quarterly weights assuring that in applying those weights all weeks of the quarter are equally represented. At NUTS 2 regional level, the threshold of 10 % shall be respected to the fullest extent possible.

4.   Sub-samples of independent observations which refer to all weeks of the reference year shall fulfil the distributional requirements as laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 to the fullest extent possible.

5.   All distributional requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 shall be fulfilled either for the gross sample or for the net sample.

6.   All main variables shall be transmitted for the full sample in every quarter.

7.   All structural variables shall be transmitted for each quarter of the reference year, for at least one wave per quarter and not less than one eighth of the full quarterly sample. Specifically,

(a)

all annual and all biennial structural variables, for which only annual averages are needed, shall be transmitted, alternatively:

(i)

for the full sample in every quarter;

(ii)

for one sub-sample of independent observations that refer to all weeks of the reference year.

The sample for biennial structural variables shall be part of the sample for annual structural variables;

(b)

eight-yearly variables and variables on an ad hoc subject shall be transmitted for one sub-sample of independent observations that refer to all weeks of the reference year. That sub-sample shall be part of the sample for annual and biennial structural variables;

(c)

sub-sampling as defined in points (a) and (b) shall always be applied using complete waves.

8.   Member States using a sample of persons belonging to private households can transmit the information concerning the other members of those households (called ‘the minimum set of variables’) for a sub-sample of independent observations (called ‘household sub-sample’) constructed in such a way that:

(a)

the household sub-sample consists of independent observations that refer to all weeks of the reference year. The resulting annual sample shall, for the persons forming part of both the sample of persons belonging to private households and the household sub-sample, fulfil the distributional requirements as laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 to the fullest extent possible;

(b)

the household sub-sample comprises at least one wave per quarter or at least 15 000 households.

9.   Member States that use:

(a)

a sample of persons;

(b)

a household sub-sample as defined under paragraph 8; and

(c)

a sub-sample for the eight-yearly detailed topics different than the household sub-sample;

shall transmit, for all members of households to which the persons selected for answering in a given year the eight-yearly detailed topic belong, and for the same reference periods, all parts of the topics ‘technical items’ and ‘persons and household characteristics’ which also form part of the minimum set of variables.

This transmission shall apply to the eight-yearly detailed topics ‘labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants’, ‘pensions and labour market participation’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’.

Article 7

Data gathering periods and methods

1.   The interviews collecting information for the labour force domain shall take place during the week immediately following the reference week, and no more than 5 weeks after it.

2.   In duly justified cases and only to the necessary extent, the interview period may be further extended.

3.   The interviews shall be conducted by computer-assisted interviewing methods, like the computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), the computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) and the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI), except in duly justified cases.

Article 8

Methodology for data on employment and unemployment

1.   The flowcharts on the order of questions for the detailed topics ‘employment status’, ‘search for employment’, ‘willingness to work’, ‘availability’, ‘second or multiple job(s)’ and ‘main activity status (self-defined)‘ shall be as specified in Annex II of this Regulation.

2.   Information on the variables WKSTAT, ABSREAS, JATTACH, SEEKWORK, ACTMETNE and AVAILBLE referred to in Annex I of this Regulation shall be obtained by interview.

3.   Administrative records and any other sources and methods can be used for all other variables provided that the data obtained are of equivalent coverage and at least equivalent quality. Relevant quality dimensions include comparable and coherent definitions and concepts, correct reference periods, and timeliness of data availability.

Article 9

Common standards for editing, imputation, weighting and estimation

1.   Administrative or register data, results from previous interviews, and results from interviews of another person shall not be used to replace or impute information on the variables WKSTAT, ABSREAS, JATTACH, SEEKWORK, ACTMETNE and AVAILBLE referred to in Annex I of this Regulation. Simplified rules may be applied for certain groups of persons, as specified in Annex II of this Regulation.

2.   Where information on other variables is missing, invalid or inconsistent, methods of statistical imputation may be applied where appropriate, except for the variable INCGROSS referred to in Annex I of this Regulation, to which statistical imputation shall always be applied when non-response exceeds 5 %.

3.   The reference population for weighting shall be the (real or estimated) population usually residing in private households.

4.   Weighting factors for estimates at individual level based on quarterly, annual, and biennial variables shall fulfil the following requirements:

(a)

the weighting factors shall be calculated taking into account the probability of selection and external data on the distribution of the population being surveyed, by sex, age groups and region (NUTS 2 level). Five-year age groups shall be the standard. However, given the sample size and the quality and availability of the external data, aggregations that include more than one five-year age group are allowed only to the necessary extent;

(b)

consistency between annual totals of sub-samples for annual and biennial structural variables and full-sample annual averages shall be ensured for employment, unemployment and outside the labour force by sex and for the following age groups: 25-34, 35-44, and 45-54. Consistency for the groups of persons aged 15-24, 55-64, and 65 and over shall be achieved to the fullest extent possible.

5.   Weighting factors for estimates at household level, using the average weight of the household members, and at individual level by specific household characteristics shall fulfil the following requirements:

(a)

the weighting factors shall be calculated taking into account the probability of selection and data on the distribution of the private households being surveyed, namely the (real or estimated) number of households and the (real or estimated) household size (household level), and the distribution of the population being surveyed, by sex and at least age groups 0-14 and 15+ (individual level). Estimates of the number of households and the household size shall be based on the best sources and concepts available;

(b)

consistency between annual full-sample or sub-sample totals using the household weighting factors and full-sample annual averages using the individual weighting factors defined in paragraph 4 shall be ensured for employment, unemployment and outside the labour force by sex and for the following age groups: 25-34, 35-44, and 45-54. Consistency for the groups of persons 15-24, 55-64, and 65 and over shall be achieved to the fullest extent possible.

6.   Weighting factors for estimates at individual level based on eight-yearly/ad hoc subject variables shall fulfil the following requirements:

(a)

the weighting factors shall be calculated taking into account the probability of selection and data relating to the distribution of the population being surveyed, by sex and eight-yearly target population age groups as defined in paragraph 3 of Article 4 of this Regulation. Five-year age groups shall be the standard. However, given the sample size and the quality and availability of the data, aggregations which include more than one five-year age group are allowed only to the necessary extent;

(b)

consistency between annual sub-sample totals using the eight-yearly weighting factors and annual sub-sample totals or, if not applicable, full-sample annual averages using individual weighting factors referred to in paragraph 4 shall be ensured for the eight-yearly target population defined in paragraph 3 of Article 4 of this Regulation and for employment, unemployment and outside the labour force by sex;

(c)

the requirements shall apply accordingly to ad hoc subjects and their target populations.

7.   Information on the variables WKSTAT, ABSREAS, JATTACH, SEEKWORK, ACTMETNE and AVAILBLE referred to in Annex I of this Regulation shall not be used in the weighting process.

Article 10

Data dissemination

1.   Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat), as part of the quarterly accuracy report described in paragraph 2 of Annex III of this Regulation, two reliability limits. The Commission (Eurostat) shall use those reliability limits for data dissemination.

2.   To produce back-calculated break-free time series of main indicators starting from the first quarter of 2009, Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat), by 31 December 2021, one of the following:

(a)

correction factors to be applied to the back data for each indicator listed in paragraph 3 of this Article;

(b)

the full time series covering the time period from the first quarter of 2009 to the fourth quarter of 2020 for each indicator listed in paragraph 3 of this Article.

3.   The indicators for which back-calculated break-free time series are required are the employment and unemployment levels in thousands broken down by sex and age groups 15-24, 25-64, 65+ and, for employment only, age group 20-64.

4.   Correction factors for back-calculation, full break-free time series, and relevant metadata for back-calculated break-free time series required according to paragraph 2 of this Article shall be sent using the format provided by the Commission (Eurostat).

Article 11

Standards for transmitting and exchanging information

1.   Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) quarterly and annual datasets with pre-checked microdata that comply with validation rules according to the specification of variables for their coding and filter conditions set out in Annex I of this Regulation. Member States and the Commission shall agree on additional validation rules that shall be fulfilled as a condition for transmitted data to be accepted.

2.   Quarterly datasets shall contain all main variables for the quarterly samples. Including variables with an annual reference period for the respective samples or sub-samples in these datasets shall be optional.

3.   Annual datasets shall include all structural variables as well as main variables for the respective samples or sub-samples.

4.   The main and structural variables of the quarterly and annual datasets shall comply with the requirements described in Article 4(3) of this Regulation.

5.   Revised data shall be transmitted in complete datasets covering all variables, regardless of the number of revised observations and variables.

6.   The contents of the quarterly variables transmitted in the quarterly datasets shall be consistent with the contents of the variables transmitted in the annual datasets.

7.   Member States shall make available to the Commission (Eurostat) the data and metadata required under this Regulation using the statistical data and metadata exchange standards specified by the Commission (Eurostat) and the Single Entry Point.

Article 12

Detailed arrangements and content of quality reports

In addition to the requirements laid down in Article 13(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700, quarterly and annual quality reports by Member States shall comply with the requirements listed in Annex III of this Regulation.

Article 13

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN


(1)  OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).

(3)  International Standard Classification of Education 2011, http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-en.pdf (available in English and French).

(4)  Commission Recommendation of 29 October 2009 on the use of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) (OJ L 292, 10.11.2009, p. 31).

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(6)  Contributing family workers, persons in own-use production work, voluntary workers, unpaid trainees and individuals involved in other forms of work are defined in the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilisation, adopted on 11 October 2013.


ANNEX I

Description and technical format of the variables to be collected for each topic and detailed topic of the labour force domain and the codification to be used

Topic

Detailed topic

Variable identifier

Variable name

Codes

Labels

Filter

Filter labels

Minimum set of variables

Variable type

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

REFYEAR

Year of survey

YYYY

Year of survey (4 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

REFWEEK

Reference week

01-53

Number of the week (2 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

REFMONTH

Reference month

01-12

Number of the month (2 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Derived

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

INTWEEK

Interview week

01-53

Number of the week (2 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical Items

Data collection information

HHTYPE

Living in a private household or an institution

1

Person surveyed and living in the same private household

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

2

Person surveyed in the private household but living in an institution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person surveyed in the private household but living in another private household

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Data collection information

STRATU M

Stratum

Not blank

Stratum identifier (15 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population, when the target population (or a part thereof) is stratified at the first stage of the sample design or in case of self-representing primary sampling units

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Data collection information

PSU

Primary sampling unit

Not blank

Primary sampling unit identifier (15 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population, when the target population is divided into clusters (PSUs)

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Data collection information

FSU

Final (or ultimate) sampling unit

Not blank

Final sampling unit identifier (15 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable (only for the not sampled persons in a sample of individuals)

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Data collection information

DEWEIGHT

Design weight

Not blank

Design weight (7 digits: first 5 contain whole number, following 2 are decimals)

 

Everybody in the target population

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Identification

IDENT

Unique identifier

Not blank

Identifier (25 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Identification

HHNUM

Serial number of the household

Not blank

Household number (8 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Identification

HHSEQNUM

Sequence number in the household

01-98

Sequence number allocated to each member of the household (2 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Weights

COEFFQ

Quarterly weighting factor

000000000-999999999

Quarterly weight with 9 digits: first 5 digits contain whole numbers; last 4 digits contain decimal places

 

Everybody in the target population

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Weights

COEFFY

Yearly weighting factor

000000000-999999999

Yearly weight with 9 digits: first 5 digits contain whole numbers; last 4 digits contain decimal places

Everybody in the yearly (sub-)sample for annual variables

Everybody in the yearly (sub-)sample for annual variables

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Weights

COEFF2Y

Weighting factor for the two-yearly variables

000000000-999999999

Two-yearly weight with 9 digits: first 5 digits contain whole numbers; last 4 digits contain decimal places

Everybody in the yearly (sub-) sample for two-yearly variables

Everybody in the yearly (sub-)sample for two-yearly variables

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Weights

COEFFMOD

Yearly weighting factor — module

000000000-999999999

Yearly module weight with 9 digits: first 5 digits contain whole numbers; last 4 digits contain decimal places

Everybody in the yearly module subsample

Everybody in the yearly module subsample

No

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Weights

COEFFHH

Yearly household weighting factor

000000000-999999999

Yearly household weight with 9 digits: first 5 digits contain whole numbers; last 4 digits contain decimal places

Everybody in the yearly (sub-) sample to be used for household analyses

Everybody in the yearly (sub-)sample to be used for household analyses

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

INTWAVE

Sequence number of the survey wave

1-8

Sequence number of the survey wave

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

INTQUEST

Questionnaire used

01

Quarterly

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

02

Quarterly and yearly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03

Quarterly, yearly and biennial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

Quarterly, yearly, biennial and module

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05

Quarterly and (originally selected) respondent forms part of household subsample

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06

Quarterly, yearly and (originally selected) respondent forms part of household subsample

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07

Quarterly, yearly, biennial and (originally selected) respondent forms part of household subsample

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

Quarterly, yearly, biennial, module and (originally selected) respondent forms part of household subsample

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09

Household — minimum set of variables (for additional household members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Household — restricted set of module background variables (for additional household members)

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

MODE

Interviewing mode used

1

Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

2

Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Pen-and-Paper Personal Interviews (PAPI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Copied from previous interview

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Interview characteristics

PROXY

Nature of participation in the survey

1

Direct participation

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

2

Indirect participation (i.e. participation via another member of the household)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

01.Technical items

Localisation

COUNTRY

Country of residence

Not Blank

Country of residence (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Localisation

REGION

Region of residence

Not Blank

NUTS 3 region (3 character alphanumeric)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

01.Technical items

Localisation

DEGURBA

Degree of urbanisation

1

Cities

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Technical

 

 

 

 

2

Towns and suburbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Rural areas

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

SEX

Sex

1

Male

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Female

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

YEARBIR

Year of birth

YYYY

Year of birth (4 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

PASSBIR

Passing of birthday

1

Yes and the reference week does not spill over into the next calendar year

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

No and the reference week does not spill over into the next calendar year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Yes and the reference week spills over into the next calendar year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

No and the reference week spills over into the next calendar year

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Demography

AGE

Age in completed years

0-120

Age in completed years (3 digits)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Derived

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

CITIZENS HIP

Country of main citizenship

Not blank

Country of main citizenship (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

STLS

Stateless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR

Foreign citizenship but country unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

COUNTRYB

Country of birth

Not blank

Country of birth (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

FOR

Foreign-born but country of birth unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

COBFATH

Country of birth of the father

Not blank

Country of birth of the father (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

AGE <= 74

Everybody in the target population aged 74 years or less

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

FOR

Father foreign-born but country of birth of the father unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Citizenship and migrant background

COBMOTH

Country of birth of the mother

Not blank

Country of birth of the mother (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

AGE <= 74

Everybody in the target population aged 74 years or less

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

FOR

Mother foreign-born but country of birth of the mother unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Reasons for migration

MIGREAS

Main reason for migrating

1

Employment, job found before migrating

COUNTRY ≠ COUNTRYB AND 15 <= AGE <= 74

First generation immigrants or persons with unknown country of birth, aged 15 to 74 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Employment, no job found before migrating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Education or training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

International protection or asylum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition

HHLINK

Relationship to the reference person in the household

01

Reference person

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

02

Partner of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03

Son/daughter of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

Son/daughter-in-law of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05

Grandchild of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06

Parent of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07

Parent-in-law of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

Grandparent of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09

Brother/sister of reference person

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Other relative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Other non-relative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Household composition — additional specific details

HHSPOU

Sequence number of partner

00

Person has no partner, or the partner does not belong to this household

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

01-98

Sequence number of partner in the household

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Househol d composition — additional specific details

HHFATH

Sequence number of father

00

Father does not belong to this household

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

01-98

Sequence number of father in the household

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Househol d composition — additional specific details

HHMOTH

Sequence number of mother

00

Mother does not belong to this household

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

01-98

Sequence number of mother in the household

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Stay in the country

YEARESID

Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years

999

Born in this country and never lived abroad for a period of at least 1 year

 

Everybody in the target population

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

000

Less than 1 year in the country but intention to stay at least 1 year in total (residence definition)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

001-150

Number of years in this country (since last establishing the place of usual residence in this country)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

02.Person and household characteristics

Stay in the country

COUNTRPR

Country of previous residence

Not blank

Country of previous residence (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

YEARESID = 000-010

Everybody who last established his/her place of usual residence in the country in the last 10 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

FOR

Foreign country but exact country of previous residence unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Employment status

WKSTAT

Working in the reference week

1

Worked for pay or profit in the reference week

15 <= AGE <= 89

Everybody in the target population aged 15 to 89 years

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Absent from work or business during the reference week (self-declared)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Worked as unpaid family worker in the reference week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Neither worked nor had a job or business during the reference week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Employment status

ABSREAS

Main reason for absence from work during the entire reference week

01

Holidays

WKSTAT = 2

Persons reporting being absent from work or business during the reference week

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

02

Working time arrangements or compensation of overtime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03

Sick leave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

Maternity or paternity leave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05

Job-related training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06

Parental leave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07

Off-season

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

Other reason

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09

Having a job not started yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Employment status

JATTACH

Job attachment

1

Parental leave with any job-related income or benefit

ABSREAS = 06, 07, 08, Blank

Persons reporting being absent from work during the reference week for one of the following main reasons: parental leave, off-season, other reason or ‘don’t know’

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Parental leave without any job-related income or benefit and with an expected duration of 3 months or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Parental leave without any job-related income or benefit and with an expected duration of more than 3 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Seasonal worker in off-season, regularly performing job-related tasks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Seasonal worker in off-season, not regularly performing any job-related task

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Other absence where duration of absence is 3 months or less

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other absence where duration of absence is more than 3 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Employment status

EMPSTAT

Being in employment

1

Employed

15 <= AGE <= 89

Everybody in the target population aged 15 to 89 years

Yes

Derived

 

 

 

 

2

Not employed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Second or multiple job(s)

NUMJOB

Number of jobs

1

Only one job

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Two jobs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Three jobs or more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for employment

SEEKWORK

Searching for employment during the 4 weeks ending in the reference week

1

Person is searching for employment

EMPSTAT = 2 AND AGE <= 74

Persons classified as not in employment aged less than 75 years

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person is not searching for employment and has already found a job which has not yet started but will start within a period of at most 3 months after the end of the reference week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person is not searching for employment and has already found a job which has not yet started but will start in more than 3 months after the end of the reference week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Person is not searching for employment and has already found a job which started between the end of the reference week and the interview date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Person is not searching for employment and has not found any job to start later

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Willingness to work

WANTWORK

Willingness to work even if not searching for employment

1

Person is not searching for employment but would nevertheless like to work

SEEKWORK = 5

Persons not in employment, not searching for employment and not having found any job to start after the reference week

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person is not searching for employment and does not want to work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for employment

SEEKREAS

Main reason for not searching for employment

1

No suitable job is available

WANTWORK = 1

Persons not in employment, not searching for employment and not having found any job to start after the reference week but who would like to work

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Education or training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Own illness or disability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Care responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Other family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Other personal reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Awaiting recall to work (lay-off)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Willingness to work

WANTREAS

Main reason for not wanting to work

1

Education or training

WANTWORK = 2

Persons not in employment, not searching for employment and not having found any job to start after the reference week and not wanting to work

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Own illness or disability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Care responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Other family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Other personal reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for employment

ACTMETNE

Having used an active search method to find a job (for not employed persons)

1

Used active search method to find work

SEEKWORK = 1

Persons not in employment and searching for employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Did not use active search method to find work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Underemployment

WISHMORE

Wish to work more than the current number of usual hours

1

No

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Availability

AVAILBLE

Availability to start working immediately or to work more

1

Person could start to work immediately (within 2 weeks)

SEEKWORK = 1, 2, 3, 4 OR WANTWORK = 1 OR WISHMORE = 2

Persons having already found a job, searching for employment, not searching for employment but would like to have work, or working already but wishing to work more hours

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person could not start to work immediately (within 2 weeks)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Availability

AVAIREAS

Main reason for not being available to start working immediately or to work more

1

Education or training

AVAILBLE = 2

Persons who could not start to work immediately (within 2 weeks)

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Own illness or disability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Care responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Other family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Other personal reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Employment status

ILOSTAT

ILO employment status

1

Employed

 

Everybody in the target population

Yes

Derived

 

 

 

 

2

Unemployed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Outside the labour force

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Workplace

COUNTRYW

Country of place of work for main job

Not blank

Country of place of work (SCL GEO alpha-2 code)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

FOR

Foreign country but exact country of place of work unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Workplace

REGIONW

Region of place of work for main job

Not blank

NUTS 3 region for people working in their country of residence;

NUTS 2 region for people working in border regions of neighbouring countries;

country level information otherwise

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Working at home

HOMEWORK

Working at home for the main job

1

Person mainly works at home

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person sometimes works at home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person never works at home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

STAPRO

Status in employment in main job

1

Self-employed person with employees

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Self-employed person without employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Employee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Family worker (unpaid)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

NACE3D

Economic activity of the local unit for main job

010-990

NACE code at 3-digit level

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

000

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

ISCO4D

Occupation in main job

0000-9900

ISCO code at 4-digit level

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Elementary job characteristics

FTPT

Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)

1

Full-time job

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Part-time job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Duration of contract

TEMP

Permanency of main job

1

Permanent job

STAPRO = 3

Employees

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Fixed-term job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Duration of contract

TEMPDUR

Total duration of temporary main job

1

Less than 1 month

TEMP = 2

Employees with a fixed-term job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

From 1 to less than 3 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

From 3 to less than 6 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

From 6 to less than 12 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

From 12 to less than 18 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

From 18 to less than 24 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

From 24 to less than 36 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

36 months or over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Details of contract

TEMPREAS

Main reason for having a temporary main job

1

Could not find a permanent job

TEMP = 2

Employees with a fixed-term job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Did not want a permanent job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Fixed-term probationary contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Apprenticeship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Training other than apprenticeship (trainees, internships, research assistants, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

This type of job is only available with a temporary contract

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Details of contract

TEMPAGCY

Contract with a temporary employment agency for the main job

1

No

STAPRO = 3

Employees

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Full- or part-time status — reason

FTPTREAS

Main reason for part-time work in the main job

1

Education or training

FTPT = 2

Persons in employment with a part-time job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Own illness or disability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Care responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Other family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Other personal reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Could not find a full-time job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Dependent self-employment

MAINCLNT

Number and importance of clients in the 12 months ending with the reference week

1

Only one client in the 12 months ending with the reference week

STAPRO = 1, 2

Self-employed workers

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

2-9 clients in the 12 months ending with the reference week, but one was dominant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

2-9 clients in the 12 months ending with the reference week, and none was dominant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

10 clients or more in the 12 months ending with the reference week, but one was dominant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

10 clients or more in the 12 months ending with the reference week, and none was dominant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

No client in the 12 months ending with the reference week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Dependent self-employment

VARITIME

Decision on the start and end of working time

1

Worker can fully decide him/herself

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Worker can decide under flexible working time arrangements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Employer, organisation, or client(s) decides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Any other party decides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Supervisory responsibilities

SUPVISOR

Supervisory responsibilities in main job

1

Yes

STAPRO = 3

Employees

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Establishment size

SIZEFIRM

Size of the local unit for main job

01-09

Exact number of people, if between 1 and 9

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

10

10 to 19 people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

20 to 49 people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

50 to 249 people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

250 people or more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Do not know but less than 10 people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Do not know but 10 people or more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for another job

LOOKOJ

Looking for another job

1

Person is not looking for another job

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person is looking for another job

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for another job

HWWISH

Number of hours that the person would like to work in total in a week

00-98

Number of hours wished to work in total in a week

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Search for employment

SEEKDUR

Duration of search for employment

1

Less than 1 month

SEEKWORK = 1, 2, 4

Persons searching for employment or having already found a job which started between the reference week and the interview date or which will start within 3 months after the end of the reference week

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

1 to 2 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3 to 5 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

6 to 11 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

12 to 17 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

18 to 23 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

24 to 47 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

4 years or longer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Care needs

NEEDCARE

Main reason why care for children or incapacitated relatives limits labour market participation

1

Relevant care services not available

SEEKREAS = 4 OR WANTREAS = 3 OR FTPTREAS = 3 OR AVAIREAS = 3

Persons whose reason for not searching for employment or for not wanting to work or for working part-time or for not being available to start work is having care responsibilities

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Relevant care services not affordable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Want to provide care themselves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Other factors were decisive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Second or multiple job(s)

STAPRO2J

Status in employment in second job

1

Self-employed person with employees

NUMJOB = 2, 3

Persons in employment with more than one job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Self-employed person without employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Employee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Family worker (unpaid)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Second or multiple job(s)

NACE2J2D

Economic activity of the local unit for second job

01-99

NACE code at 2-digit level

NUMJOB = 2, 3

Persons in employment with more than one job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

03.Labour market participation

Main activity status (self-defined)

MAINSTAT

Main activity status (self-defined)

1

Employed

15 <= AGE <= 89

Everybody in the target population aged 15 to 89 years

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Unemployed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Retired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Unable to work due to long-standing health problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Student, pupil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Fulfilling domestic tasks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Compulsory military or civilian service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment level

HATLEVEL

Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed)

000

No formal education or below ISCED 1

15 <= AGE <= 89

Everybody in the target population aged 15 to 89 years

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

100

ISCED 1 Primary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

ISCED 2 Lower secondary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

342

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) — partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

343

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) — level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

344

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) — level completion, with direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (general) — without possible distinction of access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

352

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) — partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

353

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) — level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

354

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) — level completion, with direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

359

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (vocational) — without possible distinction of access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

392

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) — partial level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

393

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) — level completion, without direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

394

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) — level completion, with direct access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

399

ISCED 3 Upper secondary education (orientation unknown) — without possible distinction of access to tertiary education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

440

ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — general

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

450

ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — vocational

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

490

ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education — orientation unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

540

ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — general

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

550

ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — vocational

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

590

ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education — orientation unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

600

ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

700

ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

800

ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned

HATFIELD

Field of the highest level of education successfully completed

001

Basic programmes and qualifications

HATLEVEL = 342-800

Persons with educational attainment level equal to or higher than ISCED 3

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

002

Literacy and numeracy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

003

Personal skills and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

009

Generic programmes and qualifications not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

011

Education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

018

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving education

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

021

Arts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

022

Humanities (except languages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

023

Languages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

028

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving arts and humanities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

029

Arts and humanities not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

031

Social and behavioural sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

032

Journalism and information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

038

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving social sciences, journalism and information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

039

Social sciences, journalism and information not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

041

Business and administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

042

Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

048

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving business, administration and law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

049

Business, administration and law not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

051

Biological and related sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

052

Environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

053

Physical sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

054

Mathematics and statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

058

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

059

Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

061

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

068

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

071

Engineering and engineering trades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

072

Manufacturing and processing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

073

Architecture and construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

078

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving engineering, manufacturing and construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

079

Engineering, manufacturing and construction not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

081

Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

082

Forestry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

083

Fisheries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

084

Veterinary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

088

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

089

Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

091

Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

092

Welfare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

098

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving health and welfare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

099

Health and welfare not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

Personal services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102

Hygiene and occupational health services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103

Security services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

104

Transport services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

109

Services not further defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned

HATYEAR

Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed

YYYY

Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed (4 digits)

HATLEVEL = 100-800

Persons with at least primary educational attainment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

04.Educational attainment and background

Educational attainment — details, including education interrupted or abandoned

HATWORK

Work experience at a workplace as part of HATLEVEL

1

Work experience(s) at a workplace from 1 to 6 months, at least one paid

HATLEVEL = 342-800 AND 20 <= AGE <= 34

Persons aged 20-34 with educational attainment level equal to or higher than ISCED 3

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Work experience(s) at a workplace from 1 to 6 months, all unpaid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Work experience(s) at a workplace 7 months or over, at least one paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Work experience(s) at a workplace 7 months or over, all unpaid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

No or less than 1 month work experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Start of job

YSTARTWK

Year in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job

YYYY

Year concerned (4 digits)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Start of job

MSTARTWK

Month in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job

01-12

Month concerned (2 digits)

YSTARTWK ≠ 9999, Blank AND (REFYEAR — YSTARTWK) <= 2

Persons in employment who started working in their current main job in the current or previous 2 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Way job found

WAYJFOUN

Public employment service helped to find the current main job

1

Yes

(EMPSTAT = 1) AND ((YSTARTWK = REFYEAR) OR (YSTARTWK = REFYEAR — 1 AND 01 <= MSTARTWK <= 12 AND MSTARTWK > REFMONTH))

Persons in employment who started working in their current main job in the last 12 months

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Way job found

FINDMETH

Most effective method used to find the current main job (for persons in employment)

01

Job advertisements

STAPRO = 3 AND (YSTARTWK ≠ 9999, Blank) AND (REFYEAR — YSTARTWK <= 7)

Employees who started working in their current main job in the current year or previous 7 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

02

Friends, relatives or acquaintances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03

Public employment service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

Private employment agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05

Education or training institution, internship or previous work experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06

Contacted employer directly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07

Employer contacted person directly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

Applying for a public competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09

Other method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Career continuity and breaks

EXISTPR

Existence of previous employment experience

1

Person has never been in employment

EMPSTAT = 2

Persons not in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person has employment experience limited to occasional work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person has employment experience other than occasional work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Career continuity and breaks

YEARPR

Year in which person left the last job or business

YYYY

Year concerned (4 digits)

EXISTPR = 2, 3

Persons not in employment who have been previously in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Career continuity and breaks

MONTHPR

Month in which person left the last job or business

01-12

Month concerned (2 digits)

YEARPR ≠ 9999, Blank AND REFYEAR — YEARPR <= 2

Persons who left their last employment in the current year or previous 2 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience

Career continuity and breaks

LEAVREAS

Main reason for leaving last job or business

01

Dismissal or business closed for economic reasons

(EXISTPR = 2, 3) AND (YEARPR ≠ 9999, Blank) AND (REFYEAR — YEARPR <= 7)

Persons not in employment who have been previously in employment, and left their last job in the current year or previous 7 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

02

A fixed-term job has ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03

Care responsibilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

Other family reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05

Education or training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06

Own illness and disability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07

Retirement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08

Other personal reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09

Other reasons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure and previous work experience

Elementary characteristics of the last job

STAPROPR

Status in employment in last job or business

1

Self-employed person with employees

(EXISTPR = 2, 3) AND (YEARPR ≠ 9999, Blank) AND (REFYEAR — YEARPR <= 7)

Persons not in employment who have been previously in employment, and left their last job in the current year or previous 7 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Self-employed person without employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Employee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Family worker (unpaid)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure and previous work experience

Elementary characteristics of the last job

NACEPR2D

Economic activity of the local unit in which person last worked

01-99

NACE code at 2-digit level

(EXISTPR = 2, 3) AND (YEARPR ≠ 9999, Blank) AND (REFYEAR — YEARPR <= 7)

Persons not in employment who have been previously in employment, and left their last job in the current year or previous 7 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

05.Job tenure and previous work experience

Elementary characteristics of the last job

ISCOPR3D

Occupation in the last job

000-990

ISCO code at 3-digit level

(EXISTPR = 2, 3) AND (YEARPR ≠ 9999, Blank) AND (REFYEAR — YEARPR <= 7)

Persons not in employment who have been previously in employment, and left their last job in the current year or previous 7 years

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

CONTRHRS

Contractual working hours in main job

010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of working hours per week in the contract or agreement (x10)

STAPRO = 3

Employees

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

960

Has a contract or agreement without specified hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

970

Does not have a contract or agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

HWUSUAL

Number of hours per week usually worked in main job

010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of hours usually worked in the main job (x10)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

970

Hours worked vary from week to week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

ABSHOLID

Days of absence from main job due to holidays and leave

00, 05, 10.. 65, 70

Number of days of absence (x10)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

ABSILLINJ

Days of absence from main job due to own illness, injury or temporary disability

00, 05, 10.. 65, 70

Number of days of absence (x10)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

ABSOTHER

Days of absence from main job due to other reasons

00, 05, 10.. 65, 70

Number of days of absence (x10)

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

EXTRAHRS

Overtime or extra hours worked in main job

000

No overtime or extra hours in the main job

WKSTAT = 1, 3

Persons present at work for at least 1 hour or who worked as a family worker in the reference week

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

005, 010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of hours of overtime or extra hours in the main job (x10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

HWACTUAL

Number of hours actually worked in main job

000

Did not work in the main job in the reference week

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

Yes

Collected

 

 

 

 

010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of hours actually worked in the main job (x10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

HWUSU2J

Number of hours per week usually worked in second job

010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of hours usually worked in the second job (x10)

NUMJOB = 2, 3

Persons in employment with more than one job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

970

Hours worked vary from week to week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working hours

HWACTU2J

Number of hours actually worked in second job

000

Did not work in the second job in the reference week

NUMJOB = 2, 3

Persons in employment with more than one job

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

010, 015, 020.. 945, 950

Number of hours actually worked in the second job (x10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working time arrangements

SHIFTWK

Shift work in main job

1

Person usually does shift work

STAPRO = 3

Employees

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

3

Person never does shift work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working time arrangements

EVENWK

Evening work in main job

1

Person frequently works in the evening

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person sometimes works in the evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person never works in the evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

06.Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements

Working time arrangements

NIGHTWK

Night work in main job

1

Person frequently works at night

EMPSTAT = 1

Persons in employment

No

Collected

 

 

 

 

2

Person sometimes works at night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Person never works at night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blank

Not stated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9