Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/257 of 16 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force domain (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2019-12-16
Institutions: European Commission, Eurostat
Subjects: EU statistics, data collection, exchange of information, household, labour force, natural person, personal data, social statistics, socioeconomic conditions, statistical method








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Official Journal of the European Union


L 54/9








            COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/257
of 16 December 2019
         
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force domain
(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 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In order to cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission should specify the number and title of the variables for the data set in the labour force domain.












(2)


The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5 % the number of variables collected for the labour force domain at the time when Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.












(3)


The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations of national experts as part of the preparation of this delegated act,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The number and the titles of the variables for the data set in the labour force domain are 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, 16 December 2019.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.




ANNEX
Number and title of the variables for the dataset in the labour force domain









Topic




Detailed topic




Variable identifier




Variable name











01.


Technical Items - 23 technical variables (19 quarterly; 4 yearly) - 1 derived variable







Data collection information


REFYEAR


Year of survey




REFWEEK


Reference week




REFMONTH


Reference month




INTWEEK


Interview week




HHTYPE


Living in a private household or an institution




STRATUM


Stratum




PSU


Primary sampling unit




FSU


Final (or ultimate) sampling unit




DEWEIGHT


Design weight




Identification


IDENT


Unique identifier




HHNUM


Serial number of the household




HHSEQNUM


Sequence number in the household




Weights


COEFFQ


Quarterly weighting factor




COEFFY


Yearly weighting factor




COEFF2Y


Weighting factor for the two-yearly variables




COEFFMOD


Yearly weighting factor — module




COEFFHH


Yearly household weighting factor




Interview characteristics


INTWAVE


Sequence number of the survey wave




INTQUEST


Questionnaire used




MODE


Interviewing mode used




PROXY


Nature of participation in the survey




Localisation


COUNTRY


Country of residence




REGION


Region of residence




DEGURBA


Degree of urbanisation










02.


Person and household characteristics - 14 collected variables (9 quarterly; 4 yearly; 1 biennially) - 1 derived variable







Demography


SEX


Sex




YEARBIR


Year of birth




PASSBIR


Passing of birthday




AGE


Age in completed years




Citizenship and migrant background


CITIZENSHIP


Country of main citizenship




COUNTRYB


Country of birth




COBFATH


Country of birth of the father




COBMOTH


Country of birth of the mother




Reasons for migration


MIGREAS


Main reason for migrating




Household composition


HHLINK


Relationship to the reference person in the household




Household composition — additional specific details


HHSPOU


Sequence number of partner




HHFATH


Sequence number of father




HHMOTH


Sequence number of mother




Stay in the country


YEARESID


Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years




COUNTRPR


Country of previous residence










03.


Labour market participation - 35 collected variables (25 quarterly; 10 yearly) - 2 derived variables







Employment status


WKSTAT


Working in the reference week




ABSREAS


Main reason for absence from work during the entire reference week




JATTACH


Job attachment




EMPSTAT


Being in employment




ILOSTAT


ILO employment status




Second or multiple job(s)


NUMJOB


Number of jobs




STAPRO2J


Status in employment in second job




NACE2J2D


Economic activity of the local unit for second job




Search for employment


SEEKWORK


Searching for employment during the 4 weeks ending in the reference week




SEEKREAS


Main reason for not searching for employment




ACTMETNE


Having used an active search method to find a job (for not employed people)




SEEKDUR


Duration of search for employment




Willingness to work


WANTWORK


Willingness to work even if not searching for employment




WANTREAS


Main reason for not wanting to work




Underemployment


WISHMORE


Wish to work more than the current number of usual hours




Availability


AVAILBLE


Availability to start working immediately or to work more




AVAIREAS


Main reason for not being available to start working immediately or to work more




Workplace


COUNTRYW


Country of place of work for main job




REGIONW


Region of place of work for main job




Working at home


HOMEWORK


Working at home for the main job




Elementary job characteristics


STAPRO


Status in employment in main job




NACE3D


Economic activity of the local unit for main job




ISCO4D


Occupation in main job




FTPT


Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)




Duration of contract


TEMP


Permanency of main job




TEMPDUR


Total duration of temporary main job




Details of contract


TEMPREAS


Main reason for having a temporary main job




TEMPAGCY


Contract with a temporary employment agency for the main job




Full- or part-time status — reason


FTPTREAS


Main reason for part-time work in the main job




Dependent self-employment


MAINCLNT


Number and importance of clients in the 12 months ending with the reference week




VARITIME


Decision on the start and end of working time




Supervisory responsibilities


SUPVISOR


Supervisory responsibilities in main job




Establishment size


SIZEFIRM


Size of the local unit for main job




Search for another job


LOOKOJ


Looking for another job




HWWISH


Number of hours that the person would like to work in total in a week




Care needs


NEEDCARE


Main reason why care for children or incapacitated relatives limits labour market participation




Main activity status (self-defined)


MAINSTAT


Main activity status (self-defined)










04.


Educational attainment and background - 4 collected variables (1 quarterly; 3 yearly)







Educational attainment level


HATLEVEL


Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed)




Educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned


HATFIELD


Field of the highest level of education successfully completed




HATYEAR


Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed




HATWORK


Work experience at a workplace as part of HATLEVEL










05.


Job tenure, work biography and previous work experience - 11 collected variables (6 quarterly; 5 yearly)







Start of job


YSTARTWK


Year in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job




MSTARTWK


Month in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in current main job




Way job found


WAYJFOUN


Public employment service helped to find the current main job




FINDMETH


Most effective method used to find the current main job (for persons in employment)




Career continuity and breaks


EXISTPR


Existence of previous employment experience




YEARPR


Year in which person left the last job or business




MONTHPR


Month in which person left the last job or business




LEAVREAS


Main reason for leaving last job or business




Elementary characteristics of the last job


STAPROPR


Status in employment in last job or business




NACEPR2D


Economic activity of the local unit in which person last worked




ISCOPR3D


Occupation in the last job










06.


Working conditions including working hours and working time arrangements - 14 collected variables (9 quarterly; 5 biennially)







Working hours


CONTRHRS


Contractual working hours in main job




HWUSUAL


Number of hours per week usually worked in main job




ABSHOLID


Days of absence from main job due to holidays and leave




ABSILLINJ


Days of absence from main job due to own illness, injury or temporary disability




ABSOTHER


Days of absence from main job due to other reasons




EXTRAHRS


Overtime or extra hours worked in main job




HWACTUAL


Number of hours actually worked in main job




HWUSU2J


Number of hours per week usually worked in second job




HWACTU2J


Number of hours actually worked in second job




Working time arrangements


SHIFTWK


Shift work in main job




EVENWK


Evening work in main job




NIGHTWK


Night work in main job




SATWK


Saturday work in main job




SUNWK


Sunday work in main job










07.


Participation in education and training - 6 collected variables (3 quarterly; 3 biennially)







Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (4 weeks)


EDUCFED4


Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 4 weeks




EDUCLEV4


Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 4 weeks




EDUCNFE4


Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 4 weeks




Participation in formal and non-formal education and training (12 months)


EDUCFED12


Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 12 months




EDUCLEV12


Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 12 months




EDUCNFE12


Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 12 months










08.


Health: status and disability, access to, availability and use of health care and health determinants - 2 collected variables (2 biennially)







Disability and other elements of Minimum European Health Module


GENHEALTH


Self-perceived general health




Elements of the Minimum European Health Module


GALI


Limitation in activities because of health problems










09.


Income, consumption and elements of wealth, including debts - 2 collected variables (1 quarterly; 1 yearly) - 1 technical variable







Income from work


INCGROSS


Gross monthly pay from the main job




INCGROSS_F


Flag on gross monthly pay from main job




Income from unemployment allowances


REGISTER


Registration at a public employment service (PES)










03b.


Labour market participation - 11 collected variables (11 eight-yearly)







Labour market situation of migrants and their immediate descendants


HATPAR


Educational attainment level of the respondent’s parents




HATCNTR


Country where the highest level of education was successfully completed




JOBSATISF


Job satisfaction




DISCRIMI


Feeling of being discriminated against at work in the current job




JOBOBSTA


Main obstacle to getting a suitable job




PRKNLANG


Skills in the main host country language before migrating




LANGHOST


Current skills in the main host country language




SKILLEQ


Skill equivalence new main and old main job




LANGCOUR


Participation in course for the main host country language




DURFIJOB


Time required to find the first paid job in the host country




ESTQUAL


Recognition of formal qualifications obtained abroad