Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002 of 28 November 2002 adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 as far as the list of education and training variables and their codification to be used for data transmission from 2003 onwards are concerned
Date: 2002-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: data transmission, education, sample survey, vocational training, working population

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2104/2002

of 28 November 2002

adapting Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey
in the Community and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000 implementing Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 577/98 as far as the list of education and training variables and their codification to
be used for data transmission from 2003 onwards are concerned

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘(h) education and training:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

participation in formal education or training during
previous four weeks

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), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1991/2002 of
the
Council (2), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

the European Parliament and of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The evolution of techniques and concepts, in particular
concerning the distinction between formal education
and other forms of learning activities and the implemen-
tation of the classification on fields of education and
training, makes it necessary to adapt
the list of the
education and training variables laid down in Article
4(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

As a consequence, the codification of these variables laid
down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No
1575/2000 of 19 July 2000 (3) should also be adapted.
The new list and codification should be implemented
already in 2003 so as to guarantee full compatibility
with the 2003 ad hoc module on lifelong learning (4).

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion delivered by the Statistical
Programme Committee established by Council Decision
89/382/EEC, Euratom (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

— level,

— field;

participation in courses and other taught
activities during previous four weeks

learning

— total length,

— purpose of the most recent course or other taught

activity,

— field of the most recent taught activity,

— participated in most recent taught activity during

working hours;

educational attainment

— highest successfully completed level of education

or training,

— field of this highest level of education and training,

— year when this highest

level was

successfully

completed.’

Article 2

The codification of the education and training variables to be
used for data transmission for the years 2003 and onwards laid
down in the Annex to the present Regulation replaces the
corresponding variables included in the Annex to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1575/2000.

Article 4(1)(h) of Council Regulation No 577/98 is replaced by
the following:

Article 3

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 308, 9.11.2002, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2002.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

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1. Variables are coded in the following way:

ANNEX

Variable

Column

Code

Filter/comments

EDUCSTAT

293

Student or apprentice in regular educa-
tion during the last four weeks

Everybody aged 15
years or more

1

2

9

Has been a student or an apprentice

Has not been a student or apprentice

Not applicable (child less than 15 years)

Blank

No answer

EDUCLEVEL

294

Level of this education or training

EDUCSTAT = 1

EDUCSTAT = 1 and
EDUCLEVEL = 3 to 6

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

ISCED 1

ISCED 2

ISCED 3

ISCED 4

ISCED 5

ISCED 6

Not applicable (EDUCSTAT = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

EDUCFIELD

295/297

Field of this education or training

000

100

200

222

300

400

420

440

460

481

482

500

600

700

800

900

999

General programmes

Teacher training and education science

Humanities,

languages and arts

Foreign languages

Social sciences, business and law

Science, mathematics and computing

Life science (including biology and environ-
mental science)

Physical science (including physics, chem-
istry and earth science)

Mathematics and statistics

Computer science

Computer use

Engineering, manufacturing and construc-
tion

Agriculture and veterinary

Health and welfare

Services

Unknown

Not applicable (EDUCSTAT = 2, 9, blank or
EDUCLEVEL ≠ (3 to 6)

Blank

No answer

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Variable

Column

Code

COURATT

298

Filter/comments

Everybody aged 15
years or more

Did you attend any courses, seminars,
conferences or receive private lessons or
instructions outside the regular educa-
tion system (hereafter mentioned as
taught learning activities) within the last
four weeks

1

2

9

Yes

No

Not applicable (child less than 15 years)

Blank

No answer

COURLEN

299/301

Number of hours spent on all taught
learning activities within the last four
weeks

COURATT = 1

3 digits

Number of hours

999

Not applicable (COURATT = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

COURPURP

302

Purpose of
learning activity

the most

recent

taught

COURATT = 1

1

2

9

Mostly job related (professional)

Mostly personal/social

Not applicable (COURATT = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

COURFIELD

303/305

Field of the most recent taught learning
activity

COURATT = 1

000

100

200

222

300

400

420

440

460

481

482

500

600

700

800

900

999

General programmes

Teacher training and education science

Humanities,

languages and arts

Foreign languages

Social sciences, business and law

Science, mathematics and computing

Life science (including biology and environ-
mental science)

Physical science (including physics, chem-
istry and earth science)

Mathematics and statistics

Computer science

Computer use

Engineering, manufacturing and construc-
tion

Agriculture and veterinary

Health and welfare

Services

Unknown

Not applicable (COURATT = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

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Variable

Column

Code

COURWORH

306

1

2

3

4

5

9

Filter/comments

COURATT = 1

Did the most recent
learning
activity take place during paid working
hours?

taught

Only during paid working hours

Mostly during paid working hours

Mostly outside paid working hours

Only outside paid working hours

No job at that time

Not applicable (COURATT = 2, 9, blank)

Blank

No answer

HATLEVEL

307/308

Highest level of education or training
successfully completed

Everybody aged 15
years or more

00

11

21

22

31

32

30

41

42

43

51

52

60

99

No formal education or below ISCED 1

ISCED 1

ISCED 2

ISCED 3c (shorter than three years)

ISCED 3c (three years and more)

ISCED 3 a, b

ISCED 3 (without distinction a, b or c
possible, 3 y+)

ISCED 4a, b

ISCED 4c

ISCED 4 (without distinction a, b or c
possible)

ISCED 5b

ISCED 5a

ISCED 6

Not applicable (child less than 15 years)

Blank

No answer

HATFIELD

309/311

Field of highest level of education or
training successfully completed

HATLEVEL = 22 to 60

000

100

200

222

300

400

420

440

General programmes

Teacher training and education science

Humanities,

languages and arts

Foreign languages

Social sciences, business and law

Science, mathematics and computing (no
distinction possible)

Life science (including biology and environ-
mental science)

Physical science (including physics, chem-
istry and earth science)

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Variable

Column

Code

Filter/comments

460

481

482

500

600

700

800

900

999

Mathematics and statistics

Computer science

Computer use

Engineering, manufacturing and construc-
tion

Agriculture and veterinary

Health and welfare

Services

Unknown

Not applicable (HATLEVEL = 00, 11, 21, 99,
Blank)

Blank

No answer

HATYEAR

312/315

Year when highest level of education or
training was successfully completed

The four digits of the year when highest
level of education or training was success-
fully completed are entered

aged 15
Everybody
years or more and
HATLEVEL = 11 to 60

9999

Not applicable (child less than 15 years or
HATLEVEL = 00)

Blank

No answer

2. The following variables are optional:

EDUCFIELD, COURFIELD, COURPURP, COURWORH.

3. The following variables are optional for 2003:

EDUCSTAT, EDUCLEVEL, COURATT, COURLEN.