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<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>28.11.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 307/34</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2312
of 25 November 2022
on eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ pursuant to 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 Article 7(1) points (a) and (d) thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>To ensure an accurate and comparable data collection in the labour force domain, the Commission should specify the technical items of the data sets for the eight-yearly variables to be collected for the first time in the years 2024 and&#160;2025.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The Commission should specify the description of the data sets for the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on &#8216;young people on the labour market&#8217;, &#8216;educational attainment &#8211; details, including education interrupted or abandoned&#8217; and &#8216;reconciliation of work and family life&#8217;.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee set up by Article&#160;7 of Regulation (EC) No&#160;223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The description of the data sets for the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’ and ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ (first implementation in 2024) and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ (first implementation in 2025) shall be as set out in the Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 November 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
( 1 ) OJ L 261 I, 14.10.2019, p. 1 .
( 2 ) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164 ).
ANNEX
Description and technical format of the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain to be collected on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ (first implementation in 2024) and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ (first implementation in 2025) and codification to be used
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Topic</p></td><td><p>Detailed topic</p></td><td><p>Variable identifier</p></td><td><p>Variable name</p></td><td><p>Codes</p></td><td><p>Labels</p></td><td><p>Filter</p></td><td><p>Filter labels</p></td><td><p>Minimum set of variables</p></td><td><p>Variable type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3e. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Young people on the labour market</p></td><td><p>LEVMATCH</p></td><td><p>Match between educational attainment level and current or last main job</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment level matches what is required by the job</p></td><td><p>15 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;34 and (EMPSTAT&#160;= 1 or EXISTPR&#160;= 2, 3)</p></td><td><p>Persons aged 15 to 34 years in employment or not in employment but have been previously in employment</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment level is higher than required by the job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment level is lower than required by the job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3e. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Young people on the labour market</p></td><td><p>FIELDMATCH</p></td><td><p>Match between field of the highest level of education successfully completed and current or last main job</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Very large extent</p></td><td><p>15 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;34 and (EMPSTAT&#160;= 1 or EXISTPR&#160;= 2, 3) and HATFIELD&#160;= 001 &#8211; 109</p></td><td><p>Persons aged 15 to 34 years in employment or not in employment but have been previously in employment with information about the field of the highest level of education successfully completed</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Large extent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Some extent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Little extent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>No extent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>No job requirements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>No particular field of educational qualification when previously in employment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3e. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Young people on the labour market</p></td><td><p>SKILLMATCH</p></td><td><p>Match between skills and current or last main job</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Skills match what is required by the job</p></td><td><p>15 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;34 and (EMPSTAT&#160;= 1 or EXISTPR&#160;= 2, 3)</p></td><td><p>Persons aged 15 to 34 years in employment or not in employment but have been previously in employment</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Skills are higher than required by the job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Skills are lower than required by the job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4b. Educational attainment and background</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment &#8211; details, including education interrupted or abandoned</p></td><td><p>DROPEDUC</p></td><td><p>Formal education or training abandoned</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Yes, one</p></td><td><p>15 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;34</p></td><td><p>Everybody in the target population aged 15 to 34 years</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Yes, several</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4b. Educational attainment and background</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment &#8211; details, including education interrupted or abandoned</p></td><td><p>DROPEDUCLEVEL</p></td><td><p>Level of the formal education or training abandoned</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>ISCED 1 Primary education</p></td><td><p>DROPEDUC&#160;= 1, 2</p></td><td><p>Persons with formal education or training abandoned (one or several)</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>ISCED 2 Lower secondary education</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>ISCED 3 Upper secondary education &#8211; general</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>ISCED 3 Upper secondary education &#8211; vocational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>ISCED 3 Upper secondary education &#8211; orientation unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education &#8211; general</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education &#8211; vocational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education &#8211; orientation unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education &#8211; general</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education &#8211; vocational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education &#8211; orientation unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>ISCED 6 Bachelor&#8217;s or equivalent level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>ISCED 7 Master&#8217;s or equivalent level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4b. Educational attainment and background</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment &#8211; details, including education interrupted or abandoned</p></td><td><p>DROPEDUCREAS</p></td><td><p>Main reason for not completing the formal education programme referred to in DROPEDUCLEVEL</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Financial reasons</p></td><td><p>DROPEDUC&#160;= 1, 2</p></td><td><p>Persons with formal education or training abandoned (one or several)</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Preference to work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Reasons linked to the education programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Own illness or disability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Care responsibilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Other family reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Other personal reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Other reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4b. Educational attainment and background</p></td><td><p>Educational attainment &#8211; details, including education interrupted or abandoned</p></td><td><p>MEDLEVQUAL</p></td><td><p>Medium educational attainment qualifications</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>At least one formal qualification with vocational orientation at ISCED level 3 or 4</p></td><td><p>15 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;34 and HATLEVEL&#160;= 540-800</p></td><td><p>Persons aged 15 to 34 years with educational attainment level equal or higher than ISCED 5</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Formal qualifications with general orientation only at ISCED level 3 or 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CHCARRES</p></td><td><p>Existence of regular care responsibilities for children up to 14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>No care responsibilities for own or partner&#8217;s children or grandchildren</p></td><td><p>18 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;74</p></td><td><p>Everybody in the target population aged 18 to 74 years</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Care for own or partner&#8217;s children, all living inside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Care for own or partner&#8217;s children, at least one living inside and one living outside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Care for own or partner&#8217;s children, all living outside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Care for own or partner&#8217;s grandchildren (living inside or outside the household) (without care for own or partner&#8217;s children)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CHCARAGE</p></td><td><p>Age of youngest child or grandchild being taken care of</p></td><td><p>00-14</p></td><td><p>Age of the youngest child or grandchild being taken care of</p></td><td><p>CHCARRES&#160;= 3-5</p></td><td><p>Persons who take care of at least one child living outside the household or one grandchild (living inside or outside the household)</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CHCARUSE</p></td><td><p>Use of childcare services</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Yes, for all children</p></td><td><p>CHCARRES&#160;= 2-4</p></td><td><p>Persons who take care of own or partner&#8217;s children living inside or outside the household</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Yes, for some children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>No</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CHCAROBS</p></td><td><p>Main reason for not using childcare services</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>No service accessible or vacant</p></td><td><p>CHCARUSE&#160;= 2, 3</p></td><td><p>Persons using professional childcare services for none or only some of the children</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Quality or other service-related obstacle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Preference to arrange care alone or with partner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Preference to arrange care with further informal support</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Children take care of themselves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Other (personal) reasons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>ELCARRES</p></td><td><p>Existence of regular care responsibilities for relatives aged 15 years and more who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>No care responsibilities for partner or other relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>18 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;74</p></td><td><p>Everybody in the target population aged 18 to 74 years</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Care only for the partner who is ill, frail or with disabilities, living inside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Care only for the partner who is ill, frail or with disabilities, living outside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Care for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities, all living inside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Care for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities, at least one living inside and one living outside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Care for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities, all living outside the household</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>ELCARINT</p></td><td><p>Intensity of care for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Less than 5 hours per week</p></td><td><p>ELCARRES&#160;= 2-6</p></td><td><p>Persons with care responsibilities for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5 hours to less than 10 hours per week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10 hours to less than 20 hours per week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>20 hours to less than 30 hours per week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30 hours to less than 40 hours per week</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>40 hours per week or more</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CAREFFEM</p></td><td><p>Effect of care responsibilities on employment</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Changed job or employer</p></td><td><p>(CHCARRES&#160;= 2-5 or ELCARRES&#160;= 2-6) and EMPSTAT&#160;= 1</p></td><td><p>Persons in employment with care responsibilities for own or partner&#8217;s (grand)children or for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Currently absent from work, including leave</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Currently reduced working time, including part-time or less working hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Currently working remotely on a regular basis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Currently adjusted work schedule, without changing working time</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Currently working on less demanding tasks in job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Other work-related adjustments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>No work-related adjustments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>WORKOBS</p></td><td><p>Main obstacle at work to reconcile work and family life</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Long working hours</p></td><td><p>(CHCARRES&#160;= 2-5 or ELCARRES&#160;= 2-6) and EMPSTAT&#160;= 1</p></td><td><p>Persons in employment with care responsibilities for own or partner&#8217;s (grand)children or for relatives who are ill, frail or with disabilities</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Unpredictable or difficult work schedules</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Demanding or exhausting job</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Long commute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Other work-related obstacles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>No work-related obstacles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>CHNUMBER</p></td><td><p>Number of own children raised</p></td><td><p>0-98</p></td><td><p>Number of own children raised</p></td><td><p>18 &#8804; AGE &#8804;&#160;54</p></td><td><p>Everybody in the target population aged 18 to 54 years</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>PARLEAV</p></td><td><p>Use of family leave</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Only maternity or paternity leave</p></td><td><p>CHNUMBER&#160;= 01-98 and</p><p>(EMPSTAT&#160;= 1 or EXISTPR&#160;= 2 or 3)</p></td><td><p>People currently or previously in employment who raised at least one own child in the life course</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Only parental leave</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Combination of family leaves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>No family leaves</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3f. Labour market participation</p></td><td><p>Reconciliation of work and family life</p></td><td><p>PARLENG</p></td><td><p>Length of used family leave</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Up to 1 month</p></td><td><p>PARLEAV&#160;= 1-3</p></td><td><p>Persons who have taken up family leave</p></td><td><p>Not relevant</p></td><td><p>Collected</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>More than 1 month up to 2 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>More than 2 months up to 6 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>More than 6 months up to a year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>More than 1 year up to 3 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>More than 3 years up to 5 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>More than 5 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blank</p></td><td><p>Not stated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td></tr></tbody></table>