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Title: COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force domain

EUROPEAN
                          COMMISSION
                                                  Brussels, 16.12.2019
                                                  C(2019) 8809 final
               COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                     of 16.12.2019
   supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the
   Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force
                                        domain
                               (Text with EEA relevance)
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 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   1.       CONTEXT OF THE DELEGATED ACT
   Under Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and Council
   establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households,
   based on data at individual level collected from samples, the Commission is empowered to
   adopt delegated acts specifying the number and title of variables of the different data sets.
   According to Article 6 (2), the number of variables laid down in the delegated act shall not
   exceed by more than 5% the number of variables for each domain of those already required,
   on a mandatory basis, by the Commission (Eurostat) at the moment Regulation (EU)
   2019/1700 entered into force.
   This delegated Regulation covers the number and title of variables for the dataset in the labour
   force domain.
   The Labour Force Survey (LFS) comprises a core LFS and a system combining, over an
   eight-year period, six regular modules and two ad hoc subjects. This delegated Regulation
   includes only the variables of the core LFS, plus the first regular module to be implemented in
   2021 (and then repeated every 8 years) on the ‘labour market situation of migrants and their
   immediate descendants’. The other five regular modules on ‘work organisation and working
   time arrangements’, ‘accidents at work and work-related health problems’, ‘pensions and
   labour market situation’, ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ and ‘young people on the
   labour market’ as well as the ad hoc subjects (especially the ad hoc subject on job skills) will
   be covered by separate delegated Regulations, to be adopted later, for application starting
   from 2022.
   2.       CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ACT
   The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations as part of the preparation of this
   delegated act.
   The Commission consulted national experts invited to expert meetings to discuss the draft
   delegated act. The consultations took place at the meetings of the European Directors of
   Social Statistics held on 23-24 May 2019 and 27-28 June 2019.
   Finally, the Expert Group 'National Statistical Institutes of the European Statistical System’
   was also consulted.
   The Commission has kept both the European Parliament and the Council duly informed of the
   consultations.
   3.      LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE DELEGATED ACT
   The objective of this delegated Regulation is to adopt the number and title of the variables for
   the dataset in the labour force domain, as provided for in Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EU)
   2019/1700.
   Only the collected variables impact on the burden. The increase in the number of collected
   variables (quarterly, yearly and two-yearly as well as eight-yearly) fulfils the requirement of
   Article 6 (2). In particular, the number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more
   than 5% the number of variables collected for the labour force domain at the time when
   Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 entered into force.
   The delegated act has no implications for the EU budget.
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 ---pagebreak---    The delegated act concerns a matter relating to the European Economic Area (EEA) and its
   application should therefore extend to the EEA.
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 ---pagebreak---                     COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                             of 16.12.2019
       supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the
       Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force
                                                domain
                                       (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council
   of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to
   persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending
   Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European
   Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European
   Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/981, and in particular
   Article 6(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   (1)     In order to cover the needs identified in the relevant detailed topics, the Commission
           should specify the number and title of the variables for the data set in the labour force
           domain.
   (2)     The number of variables to be collected does not exceed by more than 5% the number
           of variables collected for the labour force domain at the time when Regulation (EU)
           2019/1700 entered into force.
   (3)     The Commission has carried out appropriate consultations of national experts as part
           of the preparation of this delegated act.
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                Article 1
   The number and the titles of the variables for the data set in the labour force domain are set
   out in the Annex.
                                                Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in
   the Official Journal of the European Union.
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           OJ L 261I, 14.10.2019, p. 1.
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 ---pagebreak---    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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 ---documentbreak---                           EUROPEAN
                          COMMISSION
                                                  Brussels, 16.12.2019
                                                  C(2019) 8809 final
                                                  ANNEX
                                      ANNEX
                                        to the
               COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) .../...
   supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the
   Council by specifying the number and the title of the variables for the labour force
                                       domain
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                ANNEX
                                            Number and title of the variables for the dataset in the labour force domain
                                                                         Variable
  Topic                      Detailed topic                                              Variable name
                                                                         identifier
                                                                         REFYEAR         Year of survey
                                                                         REFWEEK         Reference week
                                                                         REFMONTH        Reference month
                                                                         INTWEEK         Interview week
                             Data collection information                 HHTYPE          Living in a private household or an institution
      01. Technical Items
          - 23 technical                                                 STRATUM         Stratum
          variables      (19
          quarterly;       4                                             PSU             Primary sampling unit
          yearly)          -
          1          derived                                             FSU             Final (or ultimate) sampling unit
          variable
                                                                         DEWEIGHT        Design weight
                                                                         IDENT           Unique identifier
                             Identification                              HHNUM           Serial number of the household
                                                                         HHSEQNUM        Sequence number in the household
                             Weights                                     COEFFQ          Quarterly weighting factor
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  Topic                       Detailed topic                                  Variable name
                                                                 identifier
                                                                 COEFFY       Yearly weighting factor
                                                                 COEFF2Y      Weighting factor for the two-yearly variables
                                                                 COEFFMOD     Yearly weighting factor — module
                                                                 COEFFHH      Yearly household weighting factor
                                                                 INTWAVE      Sequence number of the survey wave
                                                                 INTQUEST     Questionnaire used
                              Interview characteristics
                                                                 MODE         Interviewing mode used
                                                                 PROXY        Nature of participation in the survey
                                                                 COUNTRY      Country of residence
                              Localisation                       REGION       Region of residence
                                                                 DEGURBA      Degree of urbanisation
                                                                 SEX          Sex
  02. Person and household
                                                                 YEARBIR      Year of birth
         characteristics
                              Demography
  - 14 collected variables (9
                                                                 PASSBIR      Passing of birthday
     quarterly; 4 yearly; 1
           biennially)
                                                                 AGE          Age in completed years
      - 1 derived variable
                              Citizenship and migrant background CITIZENSHIP  Country of main citizenship
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  Topic                      Detailed topic                                           Variable name
                                                                         identifier
                                                                         COUNTRYB     Country of birth
                                                                         COBFATH      Country of birth of the father
                                                                         COBMOTH      Country of birth of the mother
                             Reasons for migration                       MIGREAS      Main reason for migrating
                             Household composition                       HHLINK       Relationship to the reference person in the household
                                                                         HHSPOU       Sequence number of partner
                             Household composition — additional specific
                                                                         HHFATH       Sequence number of father
                             details
                                                                         HHMOTH       Sequence number of mother
                                                                         YEARESID     Duration of stay in the country of residence in completed years
                             Stay in the country
                                                                         COUNTRPR     Country of previous residence
                                                                         WKSTAT       Working in the reference week
       03. Labour market                                                 ABSREAS      Main reason for absence from work during the entire reference week
          participation
    - 35 collected variables Employment status                           JATTACH      Job attachment
   (25 quarterly; 10 yearly)
      - 2 derived variables                                              EMPSTAT      Being in employment
                                                                         ILOSTAT      ILO employment status
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  Topic Detailed topic                              Variable name
                                       identifier
                                       NUMJOB       Number of jobs
        Second or multiple job(s)      STAPRO2J     Status in employment in second job
                                       NACE2J2D     Economic activity of the local unit for second job
                                       SEEKWORK     Searching for employment during the 4 weeks ending in the reference week
                                       SEEKREAS     Main reason for not searching for employment
        Search for employment
                                       ACTMETNE     Having used an active search method to find a job (for not employed people)
                                       SEEKDUR      Duration of search for employment
                                       WANTWORK     Willingness to work even if not searching for employment
        Willingness to work
                                       WANTREAS     Main reason for not wanting to work
        Underemployment                WISHMORE     Wish to work more than the current number of usual hours
                                       AVAILBLE     Availability to start working immediately or to work more
        Availability
                                       AVAIREAS     Main reason for not being available to start working immediately or to work more
                                       COUNTRYW     Country of place of work for main job
        Workplace
                                       REGIONW      Region of place of work for main job
        Working at home                HOMEWORK     Working at home for the main job
        Elementary job characteristics STAPRO       Status in employment in main job
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  Topic Detailed topic                                  Variable name
                                           identifier
                                           NACE3D       Economic activity of the local unit for main job
                                           ISCO4D       Occupation in main job
                                           FTPT         Full- or part-time main job (self-defined)
                                           TEMP         Permanency of main job
        Duration of contract
                                           TEMPDUR      Total duration of temporary main job
                                           TEMPREAS     Main reason for having a temporary main job
        Details of contract
                                           TEMPAGCY     Contract with a temporary employment agency for the main job
        Full- or part-time status — reason FTPTREAS     Main reason for part-time work in the main job
                                                        Number and importance of clients in the 12 months ending with the reference
                                           MAINCLNT
                                                        week
        Dependent self-employment
                                           VARITIME     Decision on the start and end of working time
        Supervisory responsibilities       SUPVISOR     Supervisory responsibilities in main job
        Establishment size                 SIZEFIRM     Size of the local unit for main job
                                           LOOKOJ       Looking for another job
        Search for another job
                                           HWWISH       Number of hours that the person would like to work in total in a week
                                                        Main reason why care for children or incapacitated relatives limits labour market
        Care needs                         NEEDCARE
                                                        participation
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  Topic                        Detailed topic                                           Variable name
                                                                           identifier
                               Main activity status (self-defined)         MAINSTAT     Main activity status (self-defined)
                               Educational attainment level                HATLEVEL     Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed)
        04. Educational
        attainment and                                                     HATFIELD     Field of the highest level of education successfully completed
   background                -
                               Educational attainment – details, including
    4 collected variables (1                                               HATYEAR      Year when the highest level of education was successfully completed
                               education interrupted or abandoned
      quarterly; 3 yearly)
                                                                           HATWORK      Work experience at a workplace as part of HATLEVEL
                                                                                        Year in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in
                                                                           YSTARTWK
                                                                                        current main job
                               Start of job
                                                                                        Month in which person started working for current employer or as self-employed in
                                                                           MSTARTWK
                                                                                        current main job
                                                                           WAYJFOUN     Public employment service helped to find the current main job
     05. Job tenure, work      Way job found
                                                                                        Most effective method used to find the current main job (for persons in
    biography and previous                                                 FINDMETH
                                                                                        employment)
       work experience
  - 11 collected variables (6
                                                                           EXISTPR      Existence of previous employment experience
      quarterly; 5 yearly)
                                                                           YEARPR       Year in which person left the last job or business
                               Career continuity and breaks
                                                                           MONTHPR      Month in which person left the last job or business
                                                                           LEAVREAS     Main reason for leaving last job or business
                               Elementary characteristics of the last job  STAPROPR     Status in employment in last job or business
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  Topic                       Detailed topic                         Variable name
                                                        identifier
                                                        NACEPR2D     Economic activity of the local unit in which person last worked
                                                        ISCOPR3D     Occupation in the last job
                                                        CONTRHRS     Contractual working hours in main job
                                                        HWUSUAL      Number of hours per week usually worked in main job
                                                        ABSHOLID     Days of absence from main job due to holidays and leave
                                                        ABSILLINJ    Days of absence from main job due to own illness, injury or temporary disability
                              Working hours             ABSOTHER     Days of absence from main job due to other reasons
    06. Working conditions                              EXTRAHRS     Overtime or extra hours worked in main job
   including working hours
       and working time                                 HWACTUAL     Number of hours actually worked in main job
        arrangements
  - 14 collected variables (9                           HWUSU2J      Number of hours per week usually worked in second job
    quarterly; 5 biennially)
                                                        HWACTU2J     Number of hours actually worked in second job
                                                        SHIFTWK      Shift work in main job
                                                        EVENWK       Evening work in main job
                              Working time arrangements
                                                        NIGHTWK      Night work in main job
                                                        SATWK        Saturday work in main job
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  Topic                       Detailed topic                                             Variable name
                                                                            identifier
                                                                            SUNWK        Sunday work in main job
                                                                                         Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 4
                                                                            EDUCFED4
                                                                                         weeks
                              Participation in formal and        non-formal
                              education and training (4 weeks)              EDUCLEV4     Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 4 weeks
      07. Participation in
                                                                            EDUCNFE4     Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 4 weeks
    education and training
   - 6 collected variables (3
                                                                                         Participation in formal education and training (student or apprentice) in the last 12
    quarterly; 3 biennially)                                                EDUCFED12
                                                                                         months
                              Participation in formal and non-formal
                              education and training (12 months)            EDUCLEV12    Level of the most recent formal education or training activity in the last 12 months
                                                                            EDUCNFE12    Participation in non-formal education and training in the last 12 months
                              Disability and other elements of Minimum
     08. Health: status and                                                 GENHEALTH    Self-perceived general health
                              European Health Module
      disability, access to,
     availability and use of
    health care and health
         determinants         Elements of the Minimum European Health
                                                                            GALI         Limitation in activities because of health problems
   - 2 collected variables (2 Module
           biennially)
  09. Income, consumption                                                   INCGROSS     Gross monthly pay from the main job
   and elements of wealth, Income from work
        including debts                                                     INCGROSS_F   Flag on gross monthly pay from main job
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  Topic                       Detailed topic                                             Variable name
                                                                            identifier
   - 2 collected variables (1
       quarterly; 1 yearly)
      - 1 technical variable  Income from unemployment allowances           REGISTER     Registration at a public employment service (PES)
                                                                            HATPAR       Educational attainment level of the respondent’s parents
                                                                            HATCNTR      Country where the highest level of education was successfully completed
                                                                            JOBSATISF    Job satisfaction
                                                                            DISCRIMI     Feeling of being discriminated against at work in the current job
                                                                            JOBOBSTA     Main obstacle to getting a suitable job
       03b. Labour market
           participation      Labour market situation of migrants and their
                                                                            PRKNLANG     Skills in the main host country language before migrating
    - 11 collected variables  immediate descendants
         (11 eight-yearly)
                                                                            LANGHOST     Current skills in the main host country language
                                                                            SKILLEQ      Skill equivalence new main and old main job
                                                                            LANGCOUR     Participation in course for the main host country language
                                                                            DURFIJOB     Time required to find the first paid job in the host country
                                                                            ESTQUAL      Recognition of formal qualifications obtained abroad
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