Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2009 of 13 January 2009 adopting the specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European social policy, data collection, family, working life

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 20/2009

of 13 January 2009
adopting the specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family
life 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:

(3)

care

childcare,

in terms of

for other
facilities
all
dependents and the promotion of parental
leave for
both women and men. Consequently, a comprehensive
and comparable set of data on reconciliation between
work and family life is needed in order to monitor
the European
progress
Employment Strategy and to measure the impact of
recent policies in this area.

the objectives of

towards

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

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 365/2008 of 23 April
2008 adopting the programme of ad hoc modules,
the
covering the years 2010, 2011 and 2012,
labour force sample survey provided for by Council
Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (2)
includes an ad hoc
module on reconciliation between work and family life.

for

Council Decision 2008/618/EC of 15 July 2008 on
guidelines for the employment policies of the Member
the European Commission’s Roadmap on
States (3),
equality between women and men (4) and the European
Pact for Gender Equality (5) encourage Member States to
take measures to promote a better work-life balance for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The detailed list of information to be collected in 2010 by the
ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life
shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following 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, 13 January 2009.

For the Commission

Joaquín ALMUNIA
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 112, 24.4.2008, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p. 47.
(4) COM(2006) 92 final.
(5) Presidency Conclusion of

23-24 March 2006.

the Brussels European Council of

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ANNEX

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Specifications of the 2010 ad hoc module on reconciliation between work and family life

1. Member States and regions concerned: all.

2. The variables will be coded as follows:

The labelling of variables of the Labour Force Survey in the column ‘Filter’ refers to Annex III to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 377/2008 of 25 April 2008 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organis­
ation of a labour force sample survey in the Community as regards the codification to be used for data transmission
from 2009 onwards, the use of a sub-sample for the collection of data on structural variables and the definition of the
reference quarters (1).

Name

Column

Code

Description

Filter

REGCARE

197

Person regularly takes care of other children up to 14 (other than own/spouse’s children
living in the household) or of ill, disabled, elderly relatives/friends aged 15 or more in
need of care

Everybody aged 15 to 64

1

2

3

4

9

Yes, of other children up to 14

Yes, of relatives/friends aged 15 or more in need of care

Yes, of other children up to 14 and of relatives/friends aged 15 or more in
need of care

No

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

CHILDCAR

198

Use of childcare services per week for the youngest child living in the household
(including paid childminders, pre-school; apart from compulsory school)

Childcare services are used for … per week

— up to 10 hours

— more than 10 hours and up to 20 hours

— more than 20 hours and up to 30 hours

— more than 30 hours and up to 40 hours

— more than 40 hours

— No use of childcare services

— Not applicable (not included in the filter)

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

Blank

No answer

Everybody aged 15 to 64
least one own/
with at
spouse’s
child up to 14
living in the household

IMPFACIL

199

Impact of availability and affordability of care facilities on not working or working
part-time

1

Suitable care services for children are not available or affordable

Everybody aged 15 to 64
and (FTPTREAS ≠ 3 and
≠
SEEKREAS
and
(REGCARE = 1-3 or has at
least one own/spouse’s child
up to 14 living in the
household)) and FTPT ≠ 1

3

(1) OJ L 114, 26.4.2008, p. 57.

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Name

Column

Code

Description

Filter

2

3

4

9

Suitable care services for ill, disabled, elderly are not available or affordable

Suitable care services for both children and ill, disabled and elderly are not
available or affordable.

Care facilities do not influence decision for labour market participation

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

NOWRECHI

200

Main reason (linked with childcare) for not working or working part-time

1

2

3

4

9

No childcare services available

Available childcare services are too expensive

Available childcare services are not of sufficient quality

Other reasons linked with the lack of suitable childcare services

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

Everybody aged 15 to 64
and (NEEDCARE = 1,3 or
IMPFACIL = 1,3)

NOWRECAR

201

Main reason (linked with care of other dependants) for not working or working
part-time

Everybody aged 15 to 64
and (NEEDCARE = 2,3 or
IMPFACIL = 2,3)

1

2

3

4

9

No care services available

Available care services are too expensive

Available care services are not of sufficient quality

Other reasons linked with the lack of suitable care services

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

VARHOURS

202

Variable working hours

Everybody aged 15 to 64
and STAPRO = 3

1

2

3

4

5

9

Fixed start and end of a working day or varying working time as decided by
the employer

Schedule decided by the employee within one of the following schemes:

Flexitime/Working time banking

Daily number of hours fixed, but some flexibility within the day

Determines own work schedule (no formal boundaries at all)

Other

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

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Name

Column

Code

Description

Filter

POSSTEND

203

Possible to vary start and/or end of working day for family reasons (at least one hour) VARHOURS = 1,3,5,blank

1

2

3

9

Generally possible

Rarely possible

Not possible

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

POSORGWT

204

Possible to organise working time in order to take whole days off for family reasons
(without using holidays)

Everybody aged 15 to 64
and STAPRO = 3

1

2

3

9

Generally possible

Rarely possible

Not possible

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

REDWORK

205

Reduced working hours to take care of the youngest child in the household for at least
one month (excluding maternity leave)

1

2

9

Yes

No

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

STOPWORK

206

Stopped working to take care of the youngest child in the household for at least one
month (excluding maternity leave)

1

2

3

4

5

6

9

No

Yes, stopped working for a completed period of:

— up to 3 months

— more than 3 months and up to 6 months

— more than 6 months and up to 1 year

— more than 1 year

Has not returned to work yet

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

Everybody aged 15 to 64
with at
least one own/
spouse’s child up to the
8th birthday living in the
household and (WSTATOR
= 1,2 or (EXISTPR = 1 and
REFYEAR-YEARPR <= age
of the youngest child + 1))

Everybody aged 15 to 64
with at
least one own/
spouse’s child up to the
8th birthday living in the
household and (WSTATOR
= 1,2 or (EXISTPR = 1 and
REFYEAR-YEARPR <= age
of the youngest child + 1))

PARLEAVE

207

Full-time parental leave of at least one month taken to care for the youngest child in
the household (excluding maternity leave)

1

No, has not taken full-time parental leave for at least one month

Everybody aged 15 to 64
with at
least one own/
spouse’s child up to the
8th birthday living in the
household

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Name

Column

Code

Description

Filter

Yes, has taken full-time parental leave for a completed period of:

2

3

4

5

6

9

— up to 3 months

— more than 3 months and up to 6 months

— more than 6 months and up to 1 year

— more than 1 year

Leave is still ongoing

Not applicable (not included in the filter)

Blank

No answer

210/215

Weighting factor for the 2010 ad hoc module (optional)

Everybody aged 15 to 64

0000-
9999

Columns 210-213 contain whole numbers

00-99

Columns 214-215 contain decimal places