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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... specifying technical characteristics as regards items common to several datasets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council

EUROPEAN
                            COMMISSION
                                                     Brussels, 16.12.2019
                                                     C(2019) 8842 final
               COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                        of 16.12.2019
      specifying technical characteristics as regards items common to several datasets
   pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
                                 (Text with EEA relevance)
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 ---pagebreak---                      COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                                     of 16.12.2019
          specifying technical characteristics as regards items common to several datasets
     pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
                                              (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 7(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   (1)       Certain statistical items are common to several datasets across all seven domains set
             out in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700. In the interest of comparability and
             to ensure their uniform interpretation and application throughout the Union, it is
             necessary to specify the technical characteristics listed in Article 7(2) of that
             Regulation and they should apply to all domains.
   (2)       Statistics are needed at both national and regional level. Member States should
             transmit statistics to the Commission broken down by territorial units. To establish
             comparable regional statistics, data on territorial units should therefore be provided in
             accordance with the NUTS classification.
   (3)       Statistics on education, occupation and economic sectors should be comparable
             internationally, and therefore the Member States and the Union institutions should use
             statistical classifications that are compatible with the ISCED2, ISCO3 and NACE4
             classifications.
   1
             OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.
   2
             International Standard Classification of Education 2011,
   http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-
   en.pdf (available in English and French).
   3
             International Standard Classification of Occupations, version 2008,
   http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/1978984/6037342/ISCO-08.pdf (English version, also available in
   French and German).
   4
             Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006
   establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council
   Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393,
   30.12.2006, p. 1).
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 ---pagebreak---    (4)      The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the
            European Statistical System Committee,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                         Article 1
                                                       Subject matter
   This Regulation lays down the technical characteristics of the statistical populations and
   observation units, as well as descriptions of variables and of the statistical classifications, for
   items common to several data sets covered by Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
                                                         Article 2
               Definitions used for specifying the technical characteristics of the datasets
   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
   (1) 'dwelling' or ‘housing unit’ means a building, part thereof, other premises or living
   quarters used for human habitation and includes 'conventional dwellings' and 'other housing
   units' as defined in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/20095;
   (2) ‘one-person private household’ means a private household where a person usually resides
   alone in a separate housing unit or occupies, as a lodger, a separate room or rooms of a
   housing unit but does not join with any of the other occupants of the housing unit to form a
   multi-person household;
   (3) ‘multi-person private household’ means a private household where a group of two or more
   persons usually reside together in a housing unit or part of a housing unit and share income or
   household expenses with the other household members;
   (4) 'household member' means the usual resident of a private household;
   (5) 'family home' means a housing unit occupied by the members of a multi-person
   household, as well as by a person who spends some time elsewhere but retains close ties with
   the members of the multi-person private household, especially through family relationships or
   regular stays;
   (6) 'sharing household income' means contributing to the private household income or
   benefitting from the private household income, or both;
   (7) 'household expenses' means expenses incurred by private household members in relation
   to providing themselves with the essentials of living. They include house-related expenses
   (namely rent, house or apartment charges and housing insurance) as well as other expenses
   related to daily life, encompassing needs such as food, clothes, sanitary products, furniture,
   equipment and utensils, commuting and other transport, medical care and insurance,
   education and training, leisure and sports activities and holidays;
   5
            Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2009 of 30 November 2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No
   763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses as regards the
   technical specifications of the topics and of their breakdowns (OJ L 329, 15.12.2009, p. 29).
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 ---pagebreak---    (8) 'institution' means a legal body or establishment providing a group of people with long-
   term housing and the amenities and services needed for daily life. The majority of institutions
   fall under the following categories:
   –         hospitals, hospices, convalescent homes, establishments for people with disabilities,
             psychiatric institutions, old people’s homes and nursing homes;
   –         assisted living facilities and social welfare institutions, including those for the
             homeless, asylum seekers or refugees;
   –         military camps and barracks;
   –         correctional and penal institutions, retention and remand centres, prisons;
   –         religious institutions;
   –         tertiary student dormitories (depending on specific arrangements).
                                                 Article 3
          Technical characteristics of the statistical populations and of the observation units
   1. The observation units shall be private households or private household members.
   2. Where a person regularly lives in more than one dwelling, the dwelling where that person
   spends the greater part of the year shall be taken to be his or her place of usual residence,
   regardless of whether it is located elsewhere within the country or abroad.
   3. In applying the statistical concept of usual residence the particular cases shall be treated as
   provided for in Article 4.
   4. Persons living as usual residents in hotels shall, in principle, be excluded from the private
   household population. However, they may be considered as belonging to that population if
   that is how their situation is defined in their country of residence, in which case it shall be
   clearly described in the quality report referred to in Regulation (EU) 2019/1700.
   5. Private households may exclude persons whose need for shelter and subsistence is met by
   an institution and who, on the reference date (as defined for a specific data collection), have
   spent, or are likely to spend, 12 months or more living there.
   6. Persons performing compulsory military service (conscripts) are included in the private
   household population if their service lasts less than 12 months or if they spend significant
   amounts of time in the family home and are dependent on their parents, legal guardians, or
   other family members while performing compulsory military service. By derogation, for the
   purposes of data collection in the labour force domain, all conscripts shall be excluded from
   the private household population.
   7. All people who are usually resident, irrespective of whether or not they are related to other
   members of the private household, shall be considered to be members of a multi-person
   private household if they share household income or household expenses with other
   household members. Flatmates or housemates occupying a housing unit on a house-sharing
   basis and sharing only house-related expenses, but not sharing household income, shall not be
   considered a part of a multi-person private household occupying this housing unit, even if
   they share some other subsidiary household expenses.
   8. Where it is not feasible to establish whether the criteria for one-person or multi-person
   private households are met, the interviewee’s views on his or her situation vis-à-vis the other
   persons residing in the dwelling shall be taken into consideration.
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 ---pagebreak---    9. Where multiple private households exist within a single dwelling, Member States shall aim
   to record data for all the households within a given dwelling.
   10. Member States shall make every effort to avoid recording the same persons twice.
                                                 Article 4
                    Particular cases in application of the concept of usual residence
   1. Person who works away from the family home during the week and who usually returns to
   the family home at the weekends, shall consider the family home to be his or her place of
   usual residence, regardless of whether his or her place of work is elsewhere in the country or
   abroad.
   2. Primary and secondary school pupils who are away from the family home during the school
   term shall consider their family home to be their place of usual residence regardless of
   whether they are pursuing their education elsewhere in the country or abroad.
   3. In case of a dependent child alternating between two places of residence, the place where
   the child spends most of his or her time shall be considered as his or her usual residence.
   Where the child spends an equal amount of time with both legal guardians or parents, the
   place of usual residence of that child shall be the place of residence of the legal guardian or
   the parent who receives the child benefits, or, the place of residence of the legal guardian or
   the parent who contributes more towards the child-related costs.
   In case none of the above applies, the place where the child is found at the reference date (as
   defined for a specific data collection) shall be considered as his or her usual residence.
   In case of longitudinal data collections, the children alternating between two places of
   residence shall be considered at the same place of residence over different data collection
   waves, unless there was a change in life situation.
   4. For data collections organised in the income and living conditions and the consumption
   domains the following additional specific rules shall apply:
   (a)      persons who live outside their family home for an extended period of time for the
            purpose of work, regardless of whether elsewhere in the country or abroad, shall
            consider their family home to be their place of usual residence in case they
            significantly contribute to the household income and are not usual residents of
            another private household;
   (b)      tertiary students who are away from family home while at college or university,
            regardless of whether elsewhere in the country or abroad, shall consider their family
            home to be their place of usual residence in case they benefit from the household
            income and are not usual residents of another private household.
   In duly justified cases, Member States may decide not to apply the rules set out in this
   paragraph. In those cases, Member States shall describe in their quality reports the criteria
   applied and shall ensure the appropriate reporting of data on the inter-household transfers,
   including payments on behalf of the student.
   The rules set out in this paragraph may also apply for the other domains in which case their
   application shall be described in the quality reports.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                Article 5
                         Description of variables and statistical classifications
   Annex to this Regulation sets out descriptions and classifications for the variables common to
   several data sets.
                                               Article 6
   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, 16.12.2019
                                                 For the Commission
                                                 The President
                                                 Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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      specifying technical characteristics as regards items common to several datasets
   pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                         ANNEX
              The descriptions and classifications for the variables common to several data sets under Regulation (EU) 2019/1700
                                             Variable description
  Variable name                                                                                  Variable categories (classifications) for data
                                                                                                 transmission to the Commission (Eurostat)
  Sex            Sex is the combination of biological and physiological characteristics that - Male
                 define a person to be either male or female. In cases where the biological - Female
                 sex of a person is not known, the information may be replaced by either
                 the information from administrative data or the self-declared sex (survey
                 data).
  Age         in Age in completed years is the age of the person at his or her last birthday - Year of birth (4 digits)
  completed      before the reference date of the data collection or interview, namely the - Passing of birthday at the reference date (yes or
  years          interval of time between the date of birth and the reference date, expressed no)
                 in completed years.
                                                                                              - Reference date (DD/MM/YYYY)
                 The following information is to be provided under this variable:
                 - Year of birth
                 - Passing or not of the birthday at the reference date
                 - Reference date
                 The reference date is specific to each data collection (domain) as specified
                 in the corresponding implementing legislation. However, in case of
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 ---pagebreak---                      countries using an integrated system of household surveys with fixed
                     reference week, the reference date is the last day of the reference week.
  Partners living Partners living in the same private household are persons living with                                - Person living with a legal or de facto partner
  in the same another person considered as a partner on the basis of their actual living                               - Person not living with a legal or de facto partner
  household          arrangements within the private household, regardless of whether the
                     relationship with the partner is legally registered (e.g. marriage or civil                       - Not stated1
                     union) or a de facto relationship.                                                                - Not applicable2
                     A 'partner' can be defined according to the legal (husband or wife or civil
                     partner) or de facto (partner or cohabitee) relationship status.
  Household          Household type is defined by a private household composition, where:                              - One-person household
  type               - A 'lone parent' is a parent not living with a (legal or de facto) partner in                    - Lone parent with at least one child aged less than
                     the same private household who has most of the day-to-day                                         25
                     responsibilities in raising the child or children.                                                - Lone parent with all children aged 25 or more
                     - The term 'child’ or ‘children' refers to the presence of son or sons or
                     daughter or daughters in the household, either natural or adopted son or                          - Couple without any child or children
                     daughter, or stepson or stepdaughter. 'Natural or adopted son or daughter                         - Couple with at least one child aged less than 25
                     or stepson or stepdaughter' refers to a natural (biological), adopted or step
                     member of the family, regardless of age or partnership or relationship                            - Couple with all children aged 25 or more
                     status, who has usual residence in the private household of at least one of                       - Other type of household
                     the parents. 'Adoption' means taking and treating a biological child of
                     other parents as one's own in so far as provided by the laws of the country                       - Not stated1
                     where by means of a judicial process the adopted child - whether related or
  1
        The category 'not stated' is to be used for the cases of non-response, e.g. the respondent does not know the answer or refuses to answer.
  2
        The category 'not applicable' is to be used for the cases out of the scope of a specific variable, i.e. as a result of the application of a filter for that variable, and is also to be
        used to count statistical units - which are part of the population of the data source - for which no information on this variable is systematically reported, e.g. in case of
        persons below a certain age.
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 ---pagebreak---                   not to the adopter - acquires the rights and status of a biological child born
                  to the adopting parents. 'Stepson or stepdaughter' refers to a situation in
                  which a step-parent treats the child of his or her partner as one's own in so
                  far as provided by the laws of the country, without adopting it; foster
                  children and children-in-law are not covered by this category.
                  - A 'couple' is defined as a pair of individuals considered as partners in
                  terms of their actual living arrangements within the household, regardless
                  of whether the relationship with the partner is legally registered (e.g.
                  marriage or civil union) or a de facto relationship (cohabiting partners).
                  - Other type of households are those which do not fall in any of the above
                  categories
  Main activity The self-defined main activity status is a person’s own perception of the        - Employed
  status   (self- current most important activity describing how he or she mainly perceives      - Unemployed
  defined)        him or herself. While more than one activity status can apply to a person,
                  only the most important one according to the person's own perception and       - Retired
                  referring to the current situation is considered.                              - Unable to work due to long-standing health
                  The category 'compulsory military or civilian service' may not apply in problems
                  some countries, in which case it shall be dropped.                             - Student, pupil
                                                                                                 - Fulfilling domestic tasks
                                                                                                 - Compulsory military or civilian service (if
                                                                                                 applicable)
                                                                                                 - Other
                                                                                                 - Not stated1
                                                                                                 - Not applicable2
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 ---pagebreak---   Full- or part- The variable describes the usual time-involvement in the main job of a - Full-time job
  time main job person in employment, based on the person's own perception (i.e. self- - Part-time job
  (self-defined)    defined) of the usual hours worked in the main job.
                                                                                                    - Not stated1
                    The variable differentiates between full- or part-time jobs. The term job is
                                                                                                                    2
                    used in reference to employment. A person who works in a part-time job - Not applicable
                    normally works fewer hours than a comparable full-time worker. The
                    distinction refers to the hours a person works usually in the main job over
                    a longer reference period and it is self-defined, i.e. the person is to decide
                    if his or her main job in the context of his or her profession or enterprise is
                    part- or full-time.
  Status         in The variable is based on the International Classification of Status in - Self-employed person with employees
  employment in Employment (ICSE) and refers to the main job of a person in employment, - Self-employed person without employees
  main job          as follows:
                                                                                                    - Employee
                    - Self-employed persons with employees - persons who work in their own
                    business, professional practice or farm for the purpose of earning a profit - Family worker (unpaid)
                    derived from the goods or services produced, and who employ at least one - Not stated1
                    other person.
                                                                                                    - Not applicable2
                    - Self-employed persons without employees - persons who work in their
                    own business, professional practice or farm for the purpose of earning a
                    profit derived from the goods or services produced, and who do not
                    employ any other person.
                    - Employees - persons who work for a public or private employer based on
                    a written or oral contract and who receive a payment in cash or in kind.
                    - Family workers (unpaid) - persons who help another member of the
                    family to run a farm or other family business, provided they are not
                    considered as employees in a sense that they may not receive payment for
                    their work.
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 ---pagebreak---   Economic             The variable determines the economic sector or activity of the local unit The level of detail needed (1,2 or 3 digit level) is
  activity of the      (enterprise) in which the main job - of a person in employment - is located, context-specific for each micro-data collection:
  local unit for       according to the categories set up by the Statistical Classification of - NACE Rev. 2
  main job             Economic Activities (NACE3 Rev. 2).
                                                                                                                 - Not stated1
                                                                                                                 - Not applicable2
  3
          Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE
  Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains
  (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
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 ---pagebreak---   Occupation in         The variable determines the occupation in the main job of a person in The level of detail needed (2 or 4 digit level) is
  main job              employment, classified according to the categories set out by the context-specific for each micro-data collection:
                        International Standard Classification of Occupations, version 2008 (ISCO- - ISCO-08
                        08)4.
                                                                                                                      - Not stated1
                                                                                                                      - Not applicable2
  Educational           The educational attainment level of an individual is the highest ISCED                        The level of detail of the information is context-
  attainment            (International Standard Classification of Education 20115) level                              specific for each data collection (domain). For each
  level                 successfully completed. The successful completion of an education                             category ISCED-A codes are indicated where there
                        programme is validated by a qualification officially recognised by the                        is a one-to-one relationship between the categories
                        relevant national education authorities or recognised as equivalent to                        and codes. Additional categories are specified for
                        another qualification of formal education. In countries where education                       situations of incomplete information on access to
                        programmes, in particular those belonging to ISCED levels 1 and 2, do not                     tertiary education or orientation into account:
                        lead to a qualification, the criterion of full attendance of the programme
                        and normally gaining access to a higher level of education may be used                        No formal education or below ISCED 1            0
                        instead. When determining the highest level, both general and vocational                      ISCED 1 Primary education                       1
                        education should be taken into consideration.                                                 ISCED 2 Lower secondary education               2
                        The concept of a “successful completion of an education programme”                            ISCED 3 Upper secondary education               3
                        typically corresponds to the situation in which a pupil or student attends                    ISCED 3 Upper secondary education –
                        courses or classes and obtains the final credential associated with a formal                                                                 34
                                                                                                                      general
                        education programme. In this respect, educational attainment level                            ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                        corresponds to the highest level successfully completed in the ISCED                          (general) – partial level completion,
                        ladder.                                                                                                                                     342
                                                                                                                      without direct access to tertiary
                        The educational attainment level is defined according to the ISCED.                           education
  4
         http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/1978984/6037342/ISCO-08.pdf (English version, also available in , French and German)
  5
         http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/international-standard-classification-of-education-isced-2011-en.pdf (available in English and French)
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 ---pagebreak---    The category 'not applicable' is to be used to count statistical units which  ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
   are part of the population of the data source but for which it systematically (general) – level completion, without        343
   does not report any information on the variable (e.g. persons below a         direct access to tertiary education
   certain age).                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (general) – level completion, with direct    344
                                                                                 access to tertiary education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (general) – without possible distinction       -
                                                                                 of access to tertiary education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education –
                                                                                                                               35
                                                                                 vocational
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (vocational) – partial level completion,
                                                                                                                              352
                                                                                 without direct access to tertiary
                                                                                 education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (vocational) – level completion, without     353
                                                                                 direct access to tertiary education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (vocational) – level completion, with        354
                                                                                 direct access to tertiary education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (vocational)      –    without      possible   -
                                                                                 distinction of access to tertiary education
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education –
                                                                                                                                -
                                                                                 orientation unknown
                                                                                 ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
                                                                                 (orientation unknown) – partial level
                                                                                                                                -
                                                                                 completion, without direct access to
                                                                                 tertiary education
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 ---pagebreak---      ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
     (orientation     unknown)      –     level
                                                 -
     completion, without direct access to
     tertiary education
     ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
     (orientation     unknown)      –     level
                                                 -
     completion, with direct access to tertiary
     education
     ISCED 3 Upper secondary education
     (orientation unknown) – without
                                                 -
     possible distinction of access to tertiary
     education
     ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary
                                                 4
     education
     ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary
                                                44
     education – general
     ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary
                                                45
     education – vocational
     ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary
                                                 -
     education – orientation unknown
     ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education      5
     ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education
                                                54
     – general
     ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education
                                                55
     – vocational
     ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education
                                                 -
     – orientation unknown
     ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level      6
     ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level        7
     ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level        8
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                                                                                                     Not applicable
  Country          of The country of birth of an individual is defined as the country of usual - Country of birth (SCL GEO code)
  birth                 residence of the individual's mother at the time of delivery, according to - Foreign-born but country of birth unknown
                        the current national boundaries (and not according to the boundaries in
                        place at the time of birth).                                                 - Not stated1
                                                                                                                      2
                        If information on the place of usual residence of the mother at the time of - Not applicable
                        the birth is not available, the place where the birth took place should be
                        reported.
                        The list of countries and corresponding codes is defined according to the
                        Eurostat Standard Code list (SCL) GEO6
  Country          of The variable reports on the country of the person's main citizenship, - Country of main citizenship (SCL GEO code)
  main                  defined as the particular legal bond between an individual and his or her
                                                                                                     - Stateless
  citizenship           State, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, choice,
                        marriage or other means according to national legislation.                   - Foreign citizenship but country unknown
                                                                                                                 1
                        A person with two or more citizenships shall be allocated to only one - Not stated
                        country of citizenship, to be determined in the following order of priority: - Not applicable2
                        — reporting country,
                        — if the person does not have the citizenship of the reporting country:
                              other Member State,
                        — if the person does not have the citizenship of a Member State: other
                              country outside the Union.
                        In other cases (e.g. dual citizenship where both countries are within the
                        Union but neither is the reporting country) the person may choose which
  6
          http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_NOM_DTL&StrNom=CL_GEO&StrLanguageCode=EN&IntPcKey=&StrLayoutCode=HIE
  RARCHIC (available in English, French and German)
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 ---pagebreak---                country of citizenship is to be recorded or, if this information is not
               available, the reporting country may determine which country of
               citizenship is to be allocated.
               The list of countries and corresponding codes is defined according to the
               Eurostat Standard Code list (SCL) GEO6.
               The category 'stateless' corresponds to a person without recognized
               citizenship of a state.
  Country   of The variable reports on the country of birth of the person's father, i.e. the  - Country of birth of the father (SCL GEO code)
  birth of the country of usual residence (in its current borders, if the information is      - Father foreign-born but country of birth of the
  father       available) of the mother of the person's father at the time of his delivery,   father unknown
               or, failing this, the country (in its current borders, if the information is
               available) in which the birth of the person's father took place.               - Not stated1
                                                                                                              2
               Information on the country of birth of the father should be obtained - Not applicable
               according to the same rules as provided for the variable 'country of birth'.
               'Father' is a male parent of a 'son or daughter', either natural (biological),
               adoptive or stepfather.
               In case of a person having not only a natural (biological) father but also
               e.g. an adoptive or stepfather, the country of birth should refer to who
               actually raised the person and acted as father in an affective or legal sense,
               e.g. the male guardian.
               In case of a person with same-sex parents, both being female, this variable
               may be used to report the country of birth of one of the mothers.
               The list of countries and corresponding codes is defined according to the
               Eurostat Standard Code list (SCL) GEO6.
  Country   of The variable reports on the country of birth of the person's mother, i.e. the - Country of birth of the mother (SCL GEO code)
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 ---pagebreak---   birth of  the country of usual residence (in its current borders, if the information is - Mother foreign-born but country of birth of the
  mother        available) of the mother of the person's mother at the time of her delivery, mother unknown
                or, failing this, the country (in its current borders, if the information is - Not stated1
                available) in which the birth of the person's mother took place.
                                                                                             - Not applicable2
                Information on the country of birth of the mother should be obtained
                according to the same rules as provided for the variable 'country of birth'.
                'Mother' is a female parent of a 'son or daughter', either natural
                (biological), adoptive or stepmother.
                In case of a person having not only a natural (biological) mother but also
                e.g. an adoptive or stepmother, the country of birth should refer to who
                actually raised the person and acted as mother in an affective or legal
                sense, e.g. the female guardian.
                In case of a person with same-sex parents, both being male, this variable
                may be used to report the country of birth of one of the fathers.
                The list of countries and corresponding codes is defined according to the
                Eurostat Standard Code list (SCL) GEO6.
  Country    of The country of residence is the country in which the person or the - Country of residence (SCL GEO code)
  residence     household have their usual residence, in accordance with the current
                national boundaries.
                The list of countries and corresponding codes is defined according to the
                Eurostat Standard Code list (SCL) GEO6.
  Region     of The region of residence is the region, within the country of residence in The level of detail (NUTS 1, 2 or 3) is context-
  residence     which the person or the household have their usual residence, defined for specific for each micro-data collection:
                Member States on the basis of the Nomenclature of territorial units for - Region of residence (code NUTS)
                statistics (NUTS) referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
                1059/2003 and Annex I thereto.
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 ---pagebreak---   Degree       of The variable reports on the degree of urbanisation of the area where the - Cities
  urbanisation     person or the household have their usual residence, by classifying the local - Towns and suburbs
                   administrative units (LAU) into one of three types of area:
                                                                                                   - Rural areas
                   1. 'Cities' - densely-populated areas where at least 50 % of the population
                   lives in an urban centre.
                   2. 'Towns and suburbs' - intermediate density areas where at least 50% of
                   the population live in urban clusters, but which are not 'cities'.
                   3. 'Rural areas' - thinly populated areas where more than 50 % of the
                   population lives in rural grid cells.
  Household       Household grid reports about the composition of private households and the The level of detail of the information is context-
  grid            intra-household relationships between household members. Household grid specific for each micro-data collection:
                  shall be in the form of a matrix containing the relationships between each
                  and all members of the household, where each row and column corresponds - Partner
                  to one member of the household, and where the relationship between the              - Husband or wife or civil partner
                  members is indicated by the standard categories in the cells where the row
                  and column of the respective members are crossed, as follows:                       - Partner or cohabitee
                  - 'Partner' shall be defined according to the legal or de facto partnership or - Son or daughter
                  relationship status.
                                                                                                      - Natural or adopted son or daughter
                  - A 'husband’ or ‘wife’ or ‘civil partner' shall be identified according to the
                  legal marital status, i.e. the (legal) conjugal status of each individual in        - Stepson or stepdaughter
                  relation to the marriage laws (or customs) of the country (i.e. de jure - Son or daughter-in-law
                  status), including civil partners. Members of same sex couples can be
                  'husband or wife or civil partner' if it was concluded under the marriage - Grand-child
                  laws (or customs) of the country.                                                - Parent
                  - 'Partner’ or ‘cohabitee' is identified according to the de facto relationship,
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 ---pagebreak---    i.e. the partnership or relationship status of each individual in terms of his     - Natural or adoptive parent
   or her actual living arrangements within the household.
                                                                                      - Stepparent
   - 'Son’ or ‘daughter', whether natural or adopted or stepson or stepdaughter.
                                                                                   - Parent-in-law
   - 'Natural or adopted son or daughter' or 'stepson or stepdaughter' refers to a
   natural (biological), adopted or step member of the family (regardless of - Grand-parent
   age or partnership or relationship status) who has usual residence in the - Brother or sister
   household of at least one of the parents. 'Adoption' means taking and
   treating a biological child of other parents as one's own in so far as             - Natural brother or sister
   provided by the laws of the country. By means of a judicial process,               - Step brother or sister
   whether related or not to the adopter, the adopted child acquires the rights
   and status of a biological child born to the adopting parents.                  - Other relative
   - 'Stepson or stepdaughter' refers to a situation where a step-parent treats - Other non-relative
   the child of his or her partner as one's own in so far as provided by the laws - Not stated1
   of the country, without adopting it.
   - 'Son or daughter-in-law' is a person who is the legal or the de facto partner
   of one's child.
   - 'Grand-child' means a child of ones' child including natural, adopted and
   step child.
   - 'Parent' is the counterpart of the 'natural or adopted son or daughter'
   (natural or adoptive parent) or 'stepson or stepdaughter' (stepparent).
   - 'Parent-in-law' is a person who is a parent of one's legal or de facto
   partner.
   - 'Grand-parent' means a parent of one's parent including natural, adoptive
   and step-parent.
   - 'Brother or sister' refers to biological, adoptive or stepbrothers or
   stepsisters.
   - 'Other relative' refers to other relatives not included in the list outlined
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 ---pagebreak---                  above such as cousin, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew etc. and also covers
                 grand-child-in-law, grand-parent-in-law and brother or sister-in-law.
                 - 'Other non-relative' refers to non-relatives, such as au-pairs, cohabitating
                 friends or students, etc. Foster children are also to be included in this
                 category.
  Household size Household size is defined as the total number of members of a private - Total number of members of the household
                 household.                                                                     - Not stated
                 The variable provides information on the exact number of members of the
                 household.
  Tenure status  The variable refers to the arrangements under which a private household - Owner without outstanding mortgage
  of the         occupies all or part of a housing unit, where:
  household                                                                                     - Owner with outstanding mortgage
                 The categories 'owner with outstanding mortgage' and 'owner without - Tenant, rent at market price
                 outstanding mortgage' are to be used for private households where at least
                 one member of that household is the owner of the housing unit in which the - Tenant, rent at reduced price
                 household lives, regardless whether any other member of the household is a - Tenant, rent free
                 tenant of all or part of the housing unit. A person is an owner if he or she
                                                                                                             1
                 possesses a title deed, independently of whether the house is fully paid or - Not stated
                 not. A reversionary owner should be considered as the owner.
                                                                                                - Not applicable
                 The category 'owner with outstanding mortgage' applies to the situations
                 where the owner has to pay off at least one outstanding mortgages or any
                 outstanding interest on the mortgage, or both, taken to buy this housing
                 unit.
                 The category 'owner without outstanding mortgage' applies to the situations
                 where there is neither any outstanding mortgage nor any interest to be
                 repaid on the mortgage. Payoffs for mortgages or housing loans, or both,
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 ---pagebreak---    for any other housing unit (e.g. for a second dwelling) or for repairs,
   renovation, maintenance, or any non-housing purposes do not qualify.
   The categories 'tenant, rent at market price’ or ‘tenant, rent at reduced price'
   are to be used for households of which at least one member is the tenant
   (housing unit rented from the owner) or subtenant (housing unit sub-rented
   from someone who himself is a tenant) of the housing unit in which he or
   she lives, and where no household member is the owner of that housing
   unit.
   The category 'tenant, rent at market price' applies to households of which at
   least one member is the tenant or subtenant who pays rent at prevailing or
   market prices. The category also applies where rent at market price is paid
   but is partly or wholly recovered from housing benefits or other sources,
   including public, charitable, or private sources.
   The category 'tenant, rent at reduced price' covers households living in
   housing units at a reduced price, i.e. a price is below the market price (but
   not rent-free), and includes cases where the price reduction is granted
           (a) by law
           (b) as a result of a social housing scheme
           (c) for private reasons
           (d) by an employer
   The category 'tenant, rent free' covers households living in housing units
   rent-free, i.e. where no rent is paid, and includes cases where the free rent is
   granted
           (a) by law
           (b) as a result of a social housing scheme
           (c) for private reasons
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 ---pagebreak---                        (d) by an employer
              The category 'not applicable' covers all private households that do not live
              in conventional dwellings as defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No
              1201/2009.
               The variable reports on the net current monthly income of a private          - Lower equivalised net current monthly income
               household i.e. the sum of the income of all household members received       group
               individually or as a whole – including income from work, social benefits,    - Low to medium equivalised net current monthly
               and other cash income, and deducting cash transfers paid to other            income group
               households – after taxes and contributions to social insurance.
                                                                                            - Medium equivalised net current monthly income
               The variable aims at providing information on the household income           group
               remaining available to be spent or saved monthly on average. In case the
               household income varies substantially from month to month, an estimation     - Medium to high equivalised net current monthly
               of the typical or usual net monthly income reflecting the current household  income group
               income situation is to be provided. In case the monthly household income     - Higher equivalised net current monthly income
  Net current  varies substantially over the year such as in case of seasonal activity, the group
  monthly      monthly average of the annual income is to be provided.
  household                                                                                 - Total net current monthly household income
              Net current monthly income is to be provided either as total net current (number expressed in national currency)
  income      household income or as one of the five equivalised income groups.
                                                                                            - Not stated1
              The thresholds between the five equivalised income groups are determined
              by the quintiles of the variable distribution and are defined as follows:
              - 'Lower equivalised net current monthly income group' corresponds to
              households with an equivalised income level that falls below the first
              quintile.
              - 'Low to medium equivalised net current monthly income group'
              corresponds to households with an equivalised income level equal or
              greater than the first quintile and below the second quintile.
              - 'Medium equivalised net current monthly income group' corresponds to
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 ---pagebreak---               households with an equivalised income level equal or greater than the
              second quintile and below third quintile.
              - 'Medium to high equivalised net current monthly income group'
              corresponds to households with an equivalised income level equal or
              greater than the third quintile and below the fourth quintile.
              - 'Higher equivalised net current monthly income group' corresponds to
              households with an equivalised income level equal or greater than the
              fourth quintile.
              Equivalisation consists of applying weights to the household members to
              reflect differences in household size and composition, as follows: a weight
              of 1.0 is applied to the first member of the household aged 14 or more, 0.5
              to the second and each subsequent member aged 14 or over, and 0.3 to each
              child aged less than 14.
              The variable distinguishes whether the main job has a limited duration (i.e. The level of detail of the information is context-
  Permanency  the job or contract will terminate after a predefined period), or is based on a specific for each micro-data collection:
  of main job permanent contract without a fixed end. The variable refers to the main job
              of a person in employment who is working as an employee.                        - Fixed-term contract
              The term job is used in reference to employment. The criterion determining -- fixed-term written contract
              whether a person is in employment is context-specific for each micro-data -- fixed term verbal agreement
              collection.                                                                     - Permanent job
              One job is a set of tasks and duties performed for a single economic unit. -- permanent written contract
              Persons may have one or several jobs. For employees, each contract can be -- permanent verbal agreement
              considered as a separate set of tasks and duties, and consequently as a - Not stated1
              separate job. In cases of multiple job-holding, the main job is that with the                    2
              longest hours usually worked, as defined in the international statistical - Not applicable
              standards on working time.
              A job with a fixed-term contract will terminate either after a period of time
              determined in advance (by a known date), or after a period not known in
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 ---pagebreak---                    advance, but nevertheless defined by objective criteria, such as the
                   completion of an assignment or the period of absence of an employee
                   temporarily replaced.
                   A job with a contract that has no such predefined end is counted as
                   permanent.
                   What counts as a job is the contractual or the informal or verbal agreement
                   of the employment relationship, and not the expectation that the respondent
                   might have to lose the job, his or her plan to leave it, his or her wish to stay
                   or the probability to stay there permanently.
                   The variable refers to the current main job of a person in employment who        - Yes
                   is an employee and it distinguishes between employees with and without           - No
                   supervisory tasks. A person is considered to have supervisory
  Supervisory                                                                                       - Not stated1
                   responsibilities when he or she formally supervises the work of at least one
  responsibilities
                   other person. Responsibilities toward apprentices and trainees do not count      - Not applicable2
                   as supervision and neither does quality control (check output of services
                   but not the work produced by other persons) or consultancy.
  Year in which The variable refers to the current main job of a person in employment and           - Year in which the person started working for
  the person       reports on the year in which the person started to work for his or her current   current employer or as self-employed in main job
  started          employer or as self-employed in the current business.                            (expressed in four digits)
  working for
  his or her                                                                                        - Not stated1
  current                                                                                           - Not applicable2
  employer or as
  self-employed
  Size of the      The variable refers to the main job of a person in employment and reports - Exact number of persons, if between 1 and 9
  local unit for    on the number of persons working for the local unit including those - 10 to 19 persons
  main job          working at the unit's location, as well as those who work outside and
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 ---pagebreak---                      organisationally belong to it and are paid by it. It also includes working                 - 20 to 49 persons
                     proprietors and partners working regularly in the unit and unpaid family                   - 50 to 249 persons
                     workers, as well as part-time workers who are on the payroll. Seasonal
                     workers, apprentices, trainees and home workers on the payroll are also                    - 250 persons or more
                     included.                                                                                  - Do not know but less than 10 persons
                    The local unit is an enterprise or part thereof situated in a geographically - Do not know but 10 persons or more
                     identified place.
                                                                                                                - Not stated1
                                                                                                                - Not applicable2
                    The variable provides information on whether a person - who is not in                       - Person has never been in employment
                    employment - has previously been in employment (in accordance with the
                                                                                                                - Person has employment experience limited to
                    International Labour Organisation definition of employment7), and on
                    whether the previous employment experience was or not limited to purely                     purely occasional work
                    occasional work.                                                                            - Person has employment experience other than
                    The category 'Person has never been in employment' covers persons who purely occasional work
                    have never had any employment experience.                                                   - Not stated1
  Existence of      The category 'Person has employment experience limited to purely
  previous                                                                                                      - Not applicable2
                    occasional work' covers persons who have had employment experience,
  employment        and this experience is limited to purely occasional work. For the purpose of
  experience        this variable, work as a conscript should not be considered as employment
                    experience.
                    The category 'Person has employment experience other than purely
                    occasional work' covers persons who have had employment experience
                    excluding cases where this experience is limited to purely occasional work.
  7
         Those who have never had employment experience in an employment for pay or profit, with at least one hour of work per week.
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 ---pagebreak---   Participation  The variable measures a person’s participation in formal education and - Yes
  in formal      training by establishing whether the person has been enrolled as a student - No
  education and  or apprentice in a programme of formal education during the reference
  training       period (to be defined for each micro-data collection).                      - Not stated1
  (student or
  apprentice) in                                                                             - Not applicable2
  reference
  period
  Level of the   The variable measures the level of the most recent formal education or      The level of detail of the information is context-
  current or     training activity - to which a person participated during a given reference specific for each data collection (domain). For each
  most recent    period (to be defined for each micro-data collection) - according to the    category ISCED-P codes are indicated where there
  formal         categories of the International Standard Classification of Education for    is a one-to-one relation between category and the
  education or   Education Programmes 20115 (ISCED-P 2011).                                  code:
  training
  activity
                                                                                               ISCED 0 Early childhood education             0
                                                                                               ISCED 1 Primary education                     1
                                                                                               ISCED 2 Lower secondary education             2
                                                                                               ISCED 3 Upper secondary education             3
                                                                                                   ISCED       3    Upper      secondary
                                                                                                                                            34
                                                                                                   education – general
                                                                                                   ISCED       3    Upper      secondary
                                                                                                                                            35
                                                                                                   education – vocational
                                                                                                   ISCED       3    Upper      secondary
                                                                                                                                             -
                                                                                                   education – orientation unknown8
                                                                                               ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary           4
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                      education
                                                                                         ISCED 4 Post-secondary          non-
                                                                                                                               44
                                                                                         tertiary education – general
                                                                                         ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-
                                                                                                                               45
                                                                                         tertiary education – vocational
                                                                                         ISCED 4 Post-secondary non-
                                                                                         tertiary education – orientation       -
                                                                                         unknown8
                                                                                     ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary education     5
                                                                                         ISCED 5 Short-cycle          tertiary
                                                                                                                               54
                                                                                         education – general
                                                                                         ISCED 5 Short-cycle          tertiary
                                                                                                                               55
                                                                                         education – vocational
                                                                                         ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary
                                                                                                                                -
                                                                                         education – orientation unknown8
                                                                                     ISCED 6 Bachelor’s or equivalent level     6
                                                                                     ISCED 7 Master’s or equivalent level       7
                                                                                     ISCED 8 Doctoral or equivalent level       8
                                                                                                1
                                                                                     Not stated
                                                                                     Not applicable2
  Year when the Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed - Year when the highest level of education was
  highest level of (expressed in four digits).                                      successfully completed (4 digits)
  education was
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 ---pagebreak---   successfully         The variable refers to the year when the highest level of education was - Not stated1
  completed             successfully completed and concerns persons with educational attainment - Not applicable2
                        level of primary education (ISCED 1) or above.
                       The category 'not applicable' covers individuals with no formal education
                       or an educational attainment level below primary school education (ISCED
                       1). The category 'not applicable' is also to be used to count statistical units
                       which are part of the population of the data source but for which it
                       systematically does not report any information on the variable (e.g. persons
                       below a certain age).
                       The field of the highest level of education successfully completed by The level of detail of the information is context-
                       persons with educational attainment level of ISCED 3 or above.                                specific for each data collection (domain). For each
                       The field of the highest level of education successfully completed is based category ISCED-F codes are indicated where there
                       on 'ISCED Fields of Education and Training' (ISCED-F 2013)8 A field is is a one-to-one                            relation between category and the
                                                                                                                           9
                       the broad domain, branch or area of content covered by an education code :
                       programme or qualification.
                                                                                                                      Generic programmes and qualifications            00
  Field of the         The category 'not applicable' covers individuals with no formal education
                                                                                                                          Basic programmes and qualifications         001
  highest level of or an educational attainment level below ISCED 3.
  education                                                                                                               Literacy and numeracy                       002
  successfully                                                                                                            Personal skills and development             003
  completed
                                                                                                                          Generic           programmes        and
                                                                                                                                                                     (009)
                                                                                                                          qualifications not further defined
                                                                                                                      Education                                        01
                                                                                                                          Education                                   011
                                                                                                                          Inter-disciplinary programmes and
                                                                                                                                                                      018
                                                                                                                          qualifications involving education
  8
         http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/isced-fields-of-education-and-training-2013-en.pdf (available in English and French)
  9
         Codes (009), (029), (039), (049), (059), (079), (089), (099), (109) are non- ISCED codes.
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 ---pagebreak---       Arts and humanities                         02
         Arts                                    021
         Humanities (except languages)           022
         Languages                               023
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving arts and       028
         humanities
         Arts and humanities not further
                                                (029)
         defined
      Social     sciences,    journalism   and
                                                  03
      information
         Social and behavioural sciences         031
         Journalism and information              032
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications     involving    social  038
         sciences, journalism and information
         Social sciences, journalism       and
                                                (039)
         information not further defined
      Business, administration and law            04
         Business and administration             041
         Law                                     042
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving business,      048
         administration and law
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 ---pagebreak---          Business, administration and law not
                                                 (049)
         further defined
      Natural sciences,        mathematics  and
                                                   05
      statistics
         Biological and related sciences          051
         Environment                              052
         Physical sciences                        053
         Mathematics and statistics               054
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications      involving   natural  058
         sciences, mathematics and statistics
         Natural sciences, mathematics and
                                                 (059)
         statistics not further defined
      Information        and     Communication
                                                   06
      Technologies (ICTs)
         Information and          Communication
                                                  061
         Technologies
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving Information
                                                  068
         and Communication Technologies
         (ICTs)
      Engineering,        manufacturing     and
                                                   07
      construction
         Engineering and engineering trades       071
         Manufacturing and processing             072
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 ---pagebreak---          Architecture and construction               073
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving engineering,       078
         manufacturing and construction
         Engineering, manufacturing            and
                                                    (079)
         construction not further defined
      Agriculture,     forestry,   fisheries    and
                                                      08
      veterinary
         Agriculture                                 081
         Forestry                                    082
         Fisheries                                   083
         Veterinary                                  084
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving agriculture,       088
         forestry, fisheries and veterinary
         Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and
                                                    (089)
         veterinary not further defined
      Health and welfare                              09
         Health                                      091
         Welfare                                     092
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and
         qualifications involving health and         098
         welfare
         Health and        welfare    not   further
                                                    (099)
         defined
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 ---pagebreak---       Services                               10
         Personal services                  101
         Hygiene and occupational health
                                            102
         services
         Security services                  103
         Transport services                 104
         Inter-disciplinary programmes and  108
         qualifications involving services
         Services not further defined      (109)
      Not stated
      Not applicable
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 ---pagebreak---   Duration of  Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years describes      - Born in this country and never lived abroad for a
  stay in the  the interval of time since the point in time when a person most recently       period of at least 1 year
  country of   established his or her usual residence in the reporting country, expressed in
  residence in                                                                                - Number of years in this country (since last
               completed years, as one of the following:
  completed                                                                                   establishing the place of usual residence in this
  years        - Born in this country and never lived abroad for a period of at least 1 year, country) (2 digits)
               covering those persons who are born in the reporting country and have - Not stated1
               never had their usual residence in a country other than the reporting country
               for at least 1 year.                                                           - Not applicable2
                - Number of years in the country since last establishing the place of usual
               residence in this country - an integer number describing the time span
               between the point in time when a person most recently established his or
               her usual residence and the reference date (specific to each social micro-
               data collection) in completed years.
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 ---pagebreak---   Self-perceived The self-perceived general health is a subjective assessment by the          - Very good
  general health individual concerning person's health in general (rather than the present    - Good
                 state of health or possible temporary health problems) including different
                 dimensions of health, i.e. physical and emotional functioning, mental health - Fair (neither good nor bad)
                 (covering psychological well-being and mental disorders), and biomedical     - Bad
                 signs and symptoms.
                                                                                              - Very bad
                                                                                              - Not stated1
                                                                                              - Not applicable2
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 ---pagebreak---   Long-standing The variable 'long-standing health problems' is a subjective assessment by   - Yes
  health        the individual concerning person's chronic health problems covering
  problem                                                                                    - No
                different physical, emotional, behavioural and mental dimensions of health,
                diseases, and disorders, as well as pain, ill-health caused by accidents and - Not stated1
                injuries or congenital conditions. The characteristics of a long-standing or - Not applicable2
                chronic condition are that it is permanent and may be expected to require a
                long period of supervision, observation or care. Longstanding illnesses or
                health problems should have lasted (or recurred) or are expected to last
                (recur) for 6 months or more.
                The category ‘yes’ refers to the occurrence of one or more long-standing or
                chronic health problems, and ‘no’ refers to the absence of any long-
                standing or chronic health problem as perceived by the respondent.
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 ---pagebreak---   Limitation in The variable measures the individual self-assessed level of long-lasting - Severely limited
  activities    ongoing limitation or limitations (of at least 6 months) due to health
  because of                                                                                     - Limited but not severely
                problem or problems (whether physical, mental or emotional, including
  health        impairment or limitations due to an old age) in participation in activities - Not limited at all
  problems      that the person would otherwise usually undertake or carry out.
                                                                                                 - Not stated1
                An activity is defined as the performance of a task or action by an                              2
                individual. Activity limitations are defined as difficulties by an individual - Not applicable
                in performing an activity, assessed against a generally accepted population
                standard, relative to cultural and social expectations in relation to activities
                that people usually do, covering all spectrums of work or school, home and
                leisure activities.
                Persons with recurring or fluctuating health conditions should refer to the
                most frequent situation impacting their usual activities:
                - ‘Severely limited’ means that performing or accomplishing an activity
                cannot be done or only done with extreme difficulty and usually with help
                from other people.
                - ‘Limited but not severely’ means that performing or accomplishing a
                usual activity can be done, but with some difficulties, however usually
                without the need for help (or usually less often than daily help) from other
                persons.
                - 'Not limited at all' means that performing or accomplishing usual
                activities can be done without any difficulties, or that any possible activity
                limitation has not lasted longer than the past 6 months.
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 ---pagebreak---                 The variable reports on the method used to collect information from the - Paper assisted personal interview (PAPI)
                respondent. In case where multiple modes are used to collect data from a - Computer assisted personal interview (CAPI)
                respondent, the variable reports on the most predominantly used mode.
                                                                                               - Computer assisted telephone interview (CATI)
                In PAPI, CAPI and CATI an interviewer is present. CAWI is self-
                administered and the respondent follows a script provided on the website.      - Computer assisted web-interview (CAWI)
                The category 'other' applies when the interviewing mode used is not - Other
                covered by the other categories, e.g. paper assisted self-administered - Not applicable
  Interviewing  interview (PASI) or non-web-based computer assisted self-administered
  mode used     interview (CASI).
                The category 'not applicable' is to be used to count statistical units - which
                are part of the population of the data source - for which no information on
                this variable is systematically reported e.g. in case of persons below a
                certain age, as well as in case all the information has been obtained from
                registers (i.e. administrative data) or imputed, or both, and no interview has
                taken place.
                The variable reports on whether the information requested has been - Direct participation
                provided by the designated respondent, or via another person (proxy - Indirect participation
                respondent).
                                                                                               - Not stated1
                The designated respondent is the person indicated in the provisions for each
  Nature of     micro-data collection who is requested to provide the information.             - Not applicable
  participation 'Direct participation’ refers to a situation where the designated respondent
  in the survey provides the requested information by him or herself. Direct participation
                also includes cases in which the designated respondent has provided the
                requested information with assistance of another person (e.g. translation,
                physical assistance) and has validated the answers provided.
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 ---pagebreak---           'Indirect participation' refers to a situation where the information requested
          to the designated respondent has been provided by a third person (i.e. proxy
          respondent) without being validated by the designated respondent.
          The category 'not applicable' is to be used to count statistical units - which
          are part of the population of the data source - for which no information on
          this variable is systematically reported as well as in case all the information
          has been obtained from registers (i.e. administrative data) or imputed, or
          both, and no interview has taken place.
          The primary stratum corresponding to each observation unit (individual - Stratum identifier
          person or household) in case the target population (or a part thereof) is - Not applicable
          stratified at the first stage of the sample design, providing identification
          codes for the different strata (stratum identifier). Stratifying a population
          means dividing it into non-overlapping subpopulations, called strata.
          Independent samples are then selected within each stratum.
          The information recorded always refers to the situation at the time of the
          selection of the concerned statistical unit (individual person or household).
  Stratum The category 'stratum identifier' provides the identification code of the
          stratum each observation unit (individual or household) belongs to. Stratum
          identification codes are to be used in case the target population has been
          stratified, or in case self-representing primary sampling units (PSUs) have
          been considered.
          The category 'not applicable' is to be used in case the target population has
          not been stratified at the first stage of the sampling process (e.g. when the
          sample has been drawn by simple random sampling or by cluster random
          sampling), and self-representing PSUs have not been considered.
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 ---pagebreak---                 The variable reports on the primary sampling unit (PSU) corresponding to - Primary sampling unit identifier
                each observation unit (individual person or household) in case the target - Not applicable
                population is divided into clusters, providing identification codes for the
                clusters or PSUs.
                A population is divided into clusters (i.e. disjoint sub-populations) in case
                direct-element sampling is either impossible (due to lack of sampling
                frame) or its implementation too expensive (the population is widely
                distributed geographically). A sample of clusters (PSUs) is then selected at
                the first stage of the sampling process.
  Primary
  Sampling Unit The information recorded always refers to the situation at the time of the
  (PSU)         selection of the concerned unit (individual or household).
                The category 'primary sampling unit identifier' provides the identification
                code of the PSU (among the selected PSUs) each observation unit
                (individual or household) belongs to, in case the target population has been
                divided into clusters in the first stage of sampling.
                The category 'not applicable' is to be used when the target population has
                not been clustered at the first stage of the sampling process, e.g. when the
                sample has been drawn by simple random sampling or by stratified random
                sampling.
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