LegalizeCommission 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)
This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.
| 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 |
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