Commission Regulation (EC) No 1925/1999 of 8 September 1999 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community concerning the specification of the 2000 ad hoc module on transition from school to working life
Date: 1999-09-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, data collection, sample survey, sampling, statistical method, working population

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1925/1999

of 8 September 1999

implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample
survey in the Community concerning the specification of the 2000 ad hoc module on transition
from school to working life

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of
9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample
survey in the Community (1), and in particular Article 4(2)
thereof,

(1) Whereas in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 577/98 the detailed list of information to be
collected in an ad hoc module shall be drawn up at least
12 months before the beginning of the reference period
for that module;

Statistical Programme Committee established by Council
Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The detailed list of information to be collected in the year 2000
ad hoc module is laid down in the Annex to the present
Regulation.

Article 2

(2) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion delivered by the

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 September 1999.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

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ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Specification of the 2000 ad hoc module on Transition from school to working life

1. Member States and regions concerned: all with exception of Germany

2. The variables will be coded as follows:

Column

Code

Description

Filters/remarks

People aged 15 to 35 years old
(limits included)

209

Target population

Experience of leaving education in the last five/ten years (‘Education’
has to be understood as education or training carried on from primary
level onwards without interruption of more than one year, except if
the interruption is due to special reasons: maternity leave, serious
illness, national service, while awaiting a certificate giving access to
education at a higher level or temporary stop in the education or
training because of travelling for instance)

Person has already left education in the last five/ten years (if person is
still in education, it means that he/she has re-entered after interrup-
tion)

Person has never left education in the last five/ten years (person is still
in education) or person left education more than five/ten years ago.

Not applicable (persons not aged 15 to 35 years old)

1

2

9

Blank

No answer

School completion

210/215

Month + Year when leaving education for the first time

Column 209 = 1

Enter the six digits of the date concerned

000000

Never been in education

999999

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

216/217

Highest level of education or training successfully completed, when
leaving education for the first time

Column 209 = 1

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

99

Same level as highest level collected in column 107/108

ISCED 1

ISCED 2

ISCED 3

ISCED 4

ISCED 5b

ISCED 5a

ISCED 6

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

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Column

Code

Description

Filters/remarks

218/219

Field of education (when leaving education for the first time)

Column 209 = 1

See Classification in Annex

99

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

First significant employment (minimum duration of six months), after leaving
education (purely occasional work such as vacation work, compulsory military
or community service are not to be considered as employment)

220

Experience of first significant job (minimum duration of six months)

Column 209 = 1

1

2

3

9

First significant job is current job

Never had a first significant job

First significant job is finished

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

221/226

Month + year when starting first significant job

Column 220 = 3

Enter the six digits of the data concerned

999999

Not applicable (column 220 = 1, 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

227/232

Month + year when finishing first significant job

Column 220 = 3

Enter the six digits of the date concerned

999999

Not applicable (column 220 = 1, 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

233/235

Occupation of first significant job

Column 220 = 3

ISCO-88 (COM)

Not applicable (column 220 = 1, 2, 9, blank)

No answer

999

Blank

Continuous job search after leaving education

236

Existence of any period of continuous job search of more than one
month (not including ‘looking for other job’)

Column 209 = 1

Optional for the Netherlands and United Kingdom

1

2

9

Yes

No

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

237

Duration of the longest spell of job search

Column 236 = 1

Optional for the Netherlands and United Kingdom

1

2

3

4

9

1 to 2 months

3 to 5 months

6 to 11 months

One year or longer

Not applicable (column 236 = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

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Column

Code

Description

Filters/remarks

Social background (optional variable)

238

Highest level of education of training successfully completed by father
or mother

Column 209 = 1 AND Column 3<>3

1

2

3

4

9

Less than lower secondary education level

Lower secondary education level

Upper secondary education level

Tertiary education qualification

Not applicable (column 209 = 2, 9, blank OR column 3 = 3)

Blank

No answer