Commission Regulation (EC) No 207/2008 of 5 March 2008 adopting the specifications of the 2009 ad hoc module on the entry of young people into the labour market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, data collection, employment policy, job access, sample survey, sampling, statistical method, working population, young person

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 207/2008

of 5 March 2008

adopting the specifications of the 2009 ad hoc module on the entry of young people into the labour
market provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

include
for

The European Employment guidelines (2)
a
number of policy orientations
youth
relevant
employment, underlining that more efforts should be
undertaken to build employment pathways for young
people and to reduce youth unemployment. These
guidelines also refer to the targets and benchmarks set
in the European Employment Strategy since 2003 for the
reduction of early school-leaving, the rise in educational
attainment
for unemployed
youth.

levels and the ‘new start’

are

implemented

education benchmarks

The
enshrined in the
Education and Training 2010 Work Programme which
is
the
by Member
and
Commission (3). These benchmarks
should help to
monitor the rise in educational attainment levels and in
lifelong learning and the reduction of number of early
school-leavers — policy goals aimed to prepare best the
young people to their professional and social life.

States

(3)

The Council Decision 2006/702/EC of 6 October 2006
on Community Strategic Guidelines on Cohesion (4) calls

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1372/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 42).

(2) Council Decision of 12 July 2005 on Guidelines for the employment
policies of the Member States (2005/600/EC), OJ L 205, 6.8.2005,
p. 21.
(3) Council,

follow-up
programme
the objectives of Education and training systems in Europe

of
(2002/C 142/01), OJ C 142, 14.6.2002, p. 1.

Detailed work

the

on

(4) OJ L 291, 21.10.2006, p. 11.

upon Member States to pay special attention to ‘imple-
menting the European Youth Pact, by facilitating access
to employment for young people, by easing the tran-
sition from education to work,
including through
career guidance, assistance in completing education,
access to appropriate training and apprenticeships’.

Consequently, there is an evident need for a compre-
hensive and comparable set of data on the entry of the
young people into the labour market in order to monitor
progress towards the common objectives of the European
Employment Strategy and of the Social Inclusion Process.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 384/2005 of 7 March
2005 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules,
covering the years 2007 to 2009, for the labour force
sample survey provided for by Council Regulation (EC)
No 577/98 (5) already included an ad hoc module on the
entry of the young people into the labour market. The
list of variables for this module should be defined.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Statistical
the
Programme Committee,

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The detailed list of variables to be collected in 2009 by the ad
hoc module on the entry of the young people into the labour
market shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

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

(5) OJ L 61, 8.3.2005, p. 23. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 341/2006 (OJ L 55, 25.2.2006, p. 9).

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 2008.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Specifications of the 2009 ad hoc module on the entry of young people into the labour market

1. Member States and regions concerned: all.

2. The variables shall be coded as follows:

The labelling of variables of the Labour Force Survey in the column ‘Filter’ refers to Annex II to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 430/2005.

Column

Code

Description

Filter

203
(PARHAT)

Highest level of education successfully completed by
father or mother

Everybody aged 15-34

1

2

3

9

Low: ISCED 0, 1, 2 and 3c short

Medium: ISCED 3-4 (without 3c short)

High: ISCED 5-6

Not applicable (persons aged less than 15 or more
than 34)

Blank

No answer

204-207
PARFOR

Country of birth of father and mother

Everybody aged 15-34

(For Germany: nationality/former nationality of father and
mother when they have in the reference week the German
nationality)

For coding, see ISO country classification

.. ..

4 digits (father — 2 first digits, mother — 2 last
digits)

9999

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

208
HATVOC

Orientation of the highest level of formal education
attained (HATLEVEL)

Everybody aged 15-34 and
HATLEVEL=21-43

1

2

3

4

5

9

General education

Vocational education mainly (or solely) school based

Combination of school and workplace based voca-
tional education

Vocational education mainly workplace based

Vocational education, with no distinction possible
between 2, 3 and 4

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

209-214
STOPDATE

Month and year of leaving formal education for the
last time

…

Month and year

999999 Not applicable

Blank

No answer

Everybody aged 15-34 and
EDUCSTAT=2 and
HATLEVEL≠00

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Column

Code

Description

Filter

215
WORKEDUC

Work during studies in formal education

Everybody aged 15-34

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

No work or work less than 1 month per year

Work (only) as part of educational programme

Work while
programmes

studying

but

outside

educational

Work (only) during an interruption of studies

Work as combination of 1 and 2

Work as combination of 1 and 3

Work as combination of 2 and 3

Work as combination of 1, 2 and 3

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

216-221
JOBSTART

Month and year of start of the first job of more than
3 months after leaving formal education for the last
time

Col.209-214 ≠ 999999 and
blank

000000 Never had a job of more than 3 months

000001

Current job is my first job

…… Month and year

999999 Not applicable

Blank

No answer

222-224
JOBDUR

Duration of the first job of more than 3 months
(after leaving formal education for the last time)

Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and
000001 and 999999

…

Number of months

999

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

225
FINDMETH

Method which allowed to find the first job of more
than 3 months (after leaving formal education for
the last time)

Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and
999999

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Via educational institution

Via PES (Public Employment Services)

Via ads in press or on the Internet

Submission of direct (spontaneous) job application to
employer

Via family and friends

Job found after previous experience (summer/student
job, apprenticeship, traineeship, voluntary job) in the
same company

Launching private business

Other

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

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Column

Code

Description

Filter

226-229
JOBOCC

Occupation of the first job of more than 3 months
(after leaving formal education for the last time)

Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and
000001 and 999999

.. ..

ISCO-88 (COM) coded at 3 or if possible 4 digits level

9999

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

230
JOBCONTR

Type of contract of the first job of more than 3
months (after leaving formal education for the last
time)

Col. 216-221 ≠ 000000 and
000001 and 999999

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

Self-employed

Employee, permanent full-time

Employee, permanent part-time

Employee, temporary full-time

Employee, temporary part-time

Family worker

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

231
TRANSACT

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Main activity after leaving formal education for the
last time and before starting the first job of a
duration of at least 3 months
Employed — work in job(s) of
(maximum 3 months)

short duration

Col.209-214 ≠ 999999 and
blank and {first job started more
than 3 months after the date in
Col.209-214 or Col.216-221
=000000}

Compulsory military or community service

Not employed, actively looking for a job

Not employed, not looking actively for a job because
of:

Family responsibilities

Participation in non-formal education

Voluntary activities

Health problems

Other reasons

Not applicable

Blank

No answer

232/237

Weighting factor
(optional)

for

the LFS module 2009

Everybody aged 15-34

0000-
9999

Columns 232-235 contain whole numbers

00-99

Columns 236-237 contain decimal places

238
(PARNAT)

Nationality at birth of parents (optional)

Everybody aged 15-34

For coding, see ISO country classification

9999

Not applicable

Blank

No answer